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Horizontal box lines represent the lower quartile, median, and upper quartile values. Whiskers lines indicate range of concentrations. Points of inflection represent upper and lower bounds to the 95% confidence interval. Stranded individuals (24.3 ng/g) had on average 6.1 times more blubber cortisol than bycaught animals (3.99 ng/g).
