Body density of humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) in feeding aggregations estimated from hydrodynamic gliding performance.

Many baleen whales undertake annual fasting and feeding cycles, resulting in substantial changes in their body condition, an important factor affecting fitness. As a measure of lipid-store body condition, tissue density of a few deep diving marine mammals has been estimated using a hydrodynamic glid...

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Main Authors: Tomoko Narazaki, Saana Isojunno, Douglas P Nowacek, Rene Swift, Ari S Friedlaender, Christian Ramp, Sophie Smout, Kagari Aoki, Volker B Deecke, Katsufumi Sato, Patrick J O Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6042725?pdf=render