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.