Baleen hormone analyses reveal stress and reproductive life-history of the critically endangered Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei)

• Rebecca G. Evey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: revey@gmu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7778-1551

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• Matthew S. Savoca,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

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• John Ososky,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., United States of America

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• Michael R. McGowen,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., United States of America

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• Jeremy A. Goldbogen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

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• Michael Cherney,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Allison Case,

  Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

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• Kathleen E. Hunt

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon, United States of America, Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

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