Body and blubber relationships in Antarctic pack ice seals: Implications for blubber depth patterns

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-120

  Castellini, M A ^a   Trumble, S J ^a,d   Mau, T L ^a   Yochem, P K ^b   Stewart, B S ^b   Koski, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PACK ICE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINNIPED; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; SEALS, EARLESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 62549165447     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591948     Document Type: Article

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