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. 2017 Sep 15;5(1):cox052. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox052

Table 1:

Median and range of qiviut cortisol levels (pg/mg) in hunter-harvested muskoxen from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories represented by location, season and year of collection, and sex of the animal (n = sample size)

Location Season and year of collection Females median pg/mg (range) Males median pg/mg (range)
Cambridge Bay Winter 2013–14 - 11.3 (6.8–14.2)
n = 6
Summer 2014 - 8.2 (3.5–15.3)
n = 15
Fall 2014 18.8 13.61 (7.8–48.9)
n = 1 n = 21
Winter 2014–15 - 19.59 (13.9–30.3)
n = 10
Fall 2015 12.7 (6.1–18.5) 23.3 (3.6–27.1)
n = 5 n = 9
Winter 2015–16 - 21.4 (11.3–24.6)
n = 8
Summer 2016 - 9.24 (7.9–9.7)
n = 4
Kent Peninsula Winter 2014–15 - 10.5
n = 1
Winter 2015–16 - 15.3 (10.5–23.1)
n = 8
Kugluktuk Winter 2013–14 7.6 (4.3–38.3) 17.2 (6.9–22.5)
n = 6 n = 6
Winter 2014–15 12.2 (9.1–15.7) 21.8
n = 8a n = 1
Lady Franklin Point Winter 2014–15 17.3 17.3 (13.7–20.9)
n = 1 n = 2
Paulatuk Fall 2013 7.73 (5.3–11.4) 5.51 (4.3–6.8)
n = 7 n = 2
Sachs Harbour Winter 2012–13 7.7 (4.2–14.5) 6.8 (12.5–20.2)
n = 7b n = 5
Ulukhaktok Fall 2014 9.8 (7.4–15.5) 9.37 (5.6–14.0)
n = 12 n = 5

aSix were pregnant.

bOne was pregnant and three were lactating.