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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Weddell seal."”.
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Understanding adaptive regulation of skeletal muscle physiology in the Weddell seal: a proteomics approach
… periods of time while "holding" their breath. Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) routinely undergo progressive hypoxia and ischemia throughout the course of diving activity. In essence, this unique animal has overcome problems that are considered to be otherwise pathological in terrestrial …
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High-throughput analytical methods for persistent organic pollutants in high-lipid matrices.
… matrices, such as marine mammal blubber (Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddelli and bowhead whale blubber Balaena mysticetus) and whale earwax (blue whale Balaenoptera musculus), were developed and emphasized improvements on sample preparation for the analysis of organic pollutants. Marine …
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From physiology to pixels: Resource allocation tradeoffs and noninvasive technologies for studying marine mammals
… across mammals. Using the exceptional >60-year Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) demographic study in Erebus Bay, Antarctica, this dissertation links individual physiological traits to lifetime reproductive output in a long-lived free-living mammal. I investigated how markers of energy …