Fasting physiology of the pinnipeds: The challenges of fasting while maintaining high energy expenditure and nutrient delivery for lactation

Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 309-336

  Champagne, Cory D ^a   Crocker, Daniel E ^b   Fowler, Melinda A ^c   Houser, Dorian S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29056-5_19     Document Type: Chapter

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