Validation of a blubber-based endocrine pregnancy test for humpback whales | Zendy

Logan J. Pallin | Zendy; Jooke Robbins | Zendy; Nicholas M. Kellar | Zendy; Martine Bérubé | Zendy; Ari S. Friedlaender | Zendy

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Validation of a blubber-based endocrine pregnancy test for humpback whales

Author(s) -

Logan J. Pallin,

Jooke Robbins,

Nicholas M. Kellar,

Martine Bérubé,

Ari S. Friedlaender

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coy031

Subject(s) - blubber , baleen , humpback whale , biology , pregnancy , population , endocrine system , whale , zoology , fishery , endocrinology , hormone , demography , genetics , sociology

There are few identifiable external indicators of pregnancy state in live baleen whales. However, progesterone can be quantified from biopsy samples that are collected from free-ranging whales. We use a blubber sample archive and associated calving data from a well-studied population to develop a blubber-based pregnancy test for humpback whales.

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