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J Exp Biol (2018) 221 (Suppl_1): jeb161471.
Published: 7 March 2018
... insulates and streamlines, provides buoyancy and acts as an energy reserve. Some toothed whales deposit large amounts of wax esters, rather than triacylglycerols, in blubber, which is unusual. Waxes have very different physical and physiological properties, which may impact blubber function. The cranial...
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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (24): 4330–4339.
Published: 15 December 2012
... are the same. Certain deep-diving cetacean groups possess blubber with lipids – wax esters (WE) – that are not typically found in mammals, and the insulative quality of ‘waxy’ blubber is unknown. Our study explored the influence of lipid storage class – specifically WE in pygmy sperm whales ( Kogia breviceps...
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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (21): 3856–3863.
Published: 1 November 2012
.... The solubility of N 2 in the blubber of 13 toothed whale species ranged from 0.062 to 0.107 ml N 2 ml −1 oil. Blubber with high wax ester content had higher N 2 solubility, observed in the beaked (Ziphiidae) and small sperm (Kogiidae) whales, animals that routinely make long, deep dives. We also measured...