Division of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) Publication Details

Where's the fat? Plasma lipemia as evidence of feeding in Weddell seals

• Reference: Cornick, L. A. M. A. Castellini, L. Rea, S. J. Trumble, T. Mau, S. Inglis, S. Harper, and J. M. Castellini. 2007. Where's the fat? Plasma lipemia as evidence of feeding in Weddell seals [abstract]. [In] Abstracts of the 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 29 November-3 December 2007, Cape Town, South Africa. Society for Marine Mammalogy.
• Audiences: Scientist
• Authors: J. Margaret Castellini, Michael A. Castellini, Leslie A. Cornick, S. Harper, S. Inglis, T. Mau, Lorrie D. Rea, Stephen J. Trumble
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• Keywords: Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii, dive behavior, foraging, plasma lipemia, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
• Link: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/wildlife/research_pdfs/plasma_lipemia_feeding_weddell_seals.pdf (PDF)
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• Primary Authors: Leslie A. Cornick
• Programs: Marine Mammals
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• Publication Types: Abstract/Poster/Presentation (Scientific)
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• Species: Weddell Seal
• Species Categories: Mammals, Marine Mammals
• Title: Where's the fat? Plasma lipemia as evidence of feeding in Weddell seals
• Topics: Disease, Health, and Nutrition, Physiology, Dive Behavior, Diet
• Year: 2007

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