The ontogenetic changes in the thermal properties of blubber from Atlantic bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1469-1480

  Dunkin, Robin C ^a   McLellan, William A ^a   Blum, James E ^a   Pabst, D Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blubber; Dolphin; Heat flux; Lipid; Ontogeny; Thermal conductance; Thermal conductivity; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 18944397182     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01559     Document Type: Article

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