The effect of body fat on basal metabolic rate in adult harp seals (Phoca groenlandica)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-72

  Aarseth, J J ^a   Nordoy E S ^a   Blix, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Body composition; Fasting; Lean body mass; Metabolism; O2 consumption; Pinnipeds; Tritiated water

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEAL;

ANIMALIA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0032824203     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00091-4     Document Type: Article

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