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Estimating pregnancy rate from blubber progesterone levels of a blindly biopsied beluga population poses methodological, analytical and statistical challenges

Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada, have been declining since the early 2000s, suggesting recruitment issues as a result of low fecundity, abnormal abortion rates or poor calf or juvenile survival. Pregnancy is difficult to observe in cetaceans, making the ground tr...

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Autores principales: Renaud, L -A, Bordeleau, X, Kellar, N M, Pigeon, G, Michaud, R, Morin, Y, Lair, S, Therien, A, Lesage, V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10533324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37771677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad075