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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 ...
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 ...