Acute sun damage and photoprotective responses in whales

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1711, 2011, Pages 1581-1586

  Martinez Levasseur, Laura M ^a,b   Gendron, Diane ^c   Knell, Rob J ^b   O'Toole, Edel A ^d   Singh, Manuraj ^d   Acevedo Whitehouse, Karina ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ozone depletion; Photoprotection; Pigmentation; Skin lesions; Whales

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CELL ORGANELLE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT EFFECT; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEY; SYMPATRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VULNERABILITY; WHALE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79954456215     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1903     Document Type: Article

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