Steroid hormone profiles and body conditions of migrating male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Greta Dalle Luche,Ashley S P Boggs,John R Kucklick,Darryl W Hawker,Jillian H Wisse,Susan Bengtson Nash

General and Comparative Endocrinology（2021）

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Abstract

•8 reproductive and adrenal steroid hormones were quantified in parallel with adiposity.•Concentrations of most steroid hormones decreased through the reproductive season.•Some hormone-hormone and hormone-adiposity correlations varied seasonally.•Blubber testosterone was correlated to adiposity during the late breeding season.•Blubber testosterone may not reflect fertility at all times in male humpback whales.

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HW,SH,NH,NM,SM

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