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Estimation of total body water in pinnipeds using hydrogen-isotope dilution
(1998-05)
No abstract available.
Effect of a low-fat diet on body composition and blubber fatty acids of captive juvenile harp seals (Phoca groenlandica)
(2000-01)
We investigated the effects of a change from a high-fat diet to a low-fat diet of differing
fatty acid (FA) composition on the body composition and blubber FA of five captive juvenile harp
seals. Seals that had been ...
Variation in milk production and lactation performance in grey seals and consequences for pup growth and weaning characteristics
(1999-12)
Phocid seals are one of the few groups of mammals capable of sustaining the energetic demands of
lactation entirely through body nutrient stores while fasting. Lactation performance of the female
in turn influences the ...
Weaning mass affects changes in body composition and food intake in harbour seal pups during the first month of independence
(2003-05)
In phocid seals, the transition to nutritional independence is abrupt, with females abandoning
their offspring after weaning and returning to sea. We hypothesized that body size at weaning may
play an important role in ...
The energetics of male reproduction in an acquatically mating pinniped, the harbour seal
(1998-07)
The energy expenditure of breeding male harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, on Sable Island, Nova
Scotia, was investigated by measuring changes in body mass, body composition, and water flux using
isotope dilution. Seals lost ...