Table 1 in Chronic stress from fishing gear entanglement is recorded in baleen from a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

Table 1. The mean (± SD), baseline (± SD), and maximum values for cortisol and corticosterone measured in baleen from a severely entangled bowhead whale (17B6) compared to healthy subadult (n = 3) and adult (n = 4) male bowhead whales. The mean and baseline values for 17B6 were calculated using data from the preentanglement period, and the values are identical because there were no outlier values (see Methods for details).
Cortisol (ng/g)Corticosterone (ng/g)MeanBaselineMaximumMeanBaselineMaximumEntangled0.15 ± 0.060.15 ± 0.063.230.53 ± 0.170.53 ± 0.171.14Subadults0.52 ± 0.240.49 ± 0.121.601.06 ± 0.571.02 ± 0.252.70Adults0.35 ± 0.090.32 ± 0.041.110.75 ± 0.220.74 ± 0.131.67