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- Title
Lipid composition and thermal properties of the blubber of Gervais' beaked whale ( Mesoplodon europaeus) across ontogeny.
- Authors
Singleton, Emily M.; McLellan, William A.; Koopman, Heather N.; Pokorny, Antje; Scharf, Frederick S.; Ann Pabst, D.
- Abstract
The article presents the study of thermal properties of beaked whale blubber and properties affected by ontogenetic changes in wax content. Topics discussed include analysis of variance used to compare the lipid content, wax ester content and conductivity values; wax content increases rapidly across ontogeny; and blubber of Gervais' beaked whales consisting lipid and wax content acting as insulated material.
- Subjects
BLUBBER; BEAKED whales; THERMAL properties; ONTOGENY; WAX esters; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2017, Vol 33, Issue 2, p695
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/mms.12389