Characterizing the Duration and Severity of Fishing Gear Entanglement on a North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Using Stable Isotopes, Steroid and Thyroid Hormones in Baleen

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science Vol. 5
• Main Authors: Lysiak, Nadine S. J., Trumble, Stephen J., Knowlton, Amy R., Moore, Michael J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 15.05.2018; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: 17β-Estradiol; Animal behavior; Anthropogenic factors; Aquariums; Aquatic mammals; baleen; Baleens; Biogeochemistry; Biological stress; Biological surveys; Biology; Catabolism; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Dermochelys coriacea; Duration; Energy expenditure; Entanglement; entantlement; Eubalaena glacialis; Females; Fisheries; Fishing; Fishing equipment; Fishing gear; Foraging; Foraging behavior; Hormones; Injuries; Isotopes; Lipid metabolism; Lipids; Marine mammals; Menopause; Migrations; Morbidity; Mortality; Physiology; Profiles; Progesterone; right whale; Stable isotopes; Steroid hormones; Steroids; Stress response; Thermal stress; Threatened species; Thyroid; Thyroid gland; Thyroid hormones; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine; Whales; Whales & whaling; Zooplankton; United States > US

North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) are highly endangered and frequently exposed to a myriad of human activities and stressors in their industrialized habitat. Entanglements in fixed fishing gear represent a particularly pervasive and often drawn-out source of anthropogenic morbidity a...