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Record #111102:

Body composition of the sperm whale Physeter catodon with special reference to the possible functions of fat depots / Christina Lockyer.

Title: Body composition of the sperm whale Physeter catodon with special reference to the possible functions of fat depots / Christina Lockyer.
Author(s): Lockyer, Christina.
Date: 1991.
In: Rit Fiskideildar. (1991.), Vol. 12(2) (1991)
Abstract: Studies sperm whale's morphological and biochemical composition and compares this to other whales; identifies fat energy depots in body and evaluates possible roles for blubber as energy store, buoyancy regulator and exoskeleton.
Notes:

Rit Fiskideildar. Vol. 12(2) :1-24 (1991).

Keywords: 599.5 -- Cetacea.
599.532 -- Physeteridae: Physeter macrocephalus.
59 -- Zoology.
591.1 -- Animal physiology.
H6 -- Zoology: mammals.
SPRI record no.: 111102

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