ArticleIntegrative organismal biology (Oxford, England)2022
Male Bowhead Whale Reproductive Histories Inferred from Baleen Testosterone and Stable Isotopes.
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- A Dozen Years of Baleen Hormones: Validations, Discoveries, Surprises, and Next Steps.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Review
- Population Consequences of Physiological Responses to Stressors: A Road Map for Endocrine Data.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Article
- Time Series Analysis for Physiological and Endocrinological Data: A Practical Guide.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Review
- Baleen hormone analyses reveal stress and reproductive life-history of the critically endangered Rice's whale (Balaenoptera ricei).PloS one · 2026Article
- What normal used to be: Longitudinal adrenal, reproductive, and thyroid hormone profiles from four bowhead whales during a period of Arctic stability.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Singers of the high Arctic; Seasonal acoustic presence of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) around Svalbard, Norway.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Variation in faecal testosterone levels in male gray whales on a foraging ground relative to maturity and timing.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
- Can blubber steroid hormone measurements reveal reproductive state in narwhals?Conservation physiology · 2024Article
- Prolonged baleen hormone cycles suggest atypical reproductive endocrinology of female bowhead whales.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Male mammals of seasonally reproducing species typically have annual testosterone (T) cycles, with T usually peaking during the breeding season, but occurrence of such cycles in male mysticete whales has been difficult to confirm. Baleen, a keratinized filter-feeding apparatus of mysticetes, incorporates hormones as it grows, such that a single baleen plate can record years of endocrine history with sufficient temporal resolution to discern seasonal patterns. We analyzed patterns of T every 2 cm across the full length of baleen plates from nine male bowhead whales (
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