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Estimation of the energy, cost of growth, maintenance and reproduction in the female minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the southern hemisphere.

1981
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Report of the International Whaling Commission,

Lockyer, C.

The proportion of food actually required for growth relative to maintenance after the first year of life is very small, <6%, regardless of growth rate. The...
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Keywords: Growth energy, Minke whale, Southern Hemisphere