History of polar whaling: Insights into the physiology of the great whales

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-159

  Castellini, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Antarctic; Arctic; Cetaceans; Diving physiology; Marine mammals; Polar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; DIVING; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033883410     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00209-9     Document Type: Review

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