Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment
Adamczak, S.K., McHuron, E.A., Christiansen, F., Dunkin, R., McMahon, CR., Noren, S., Pirotta, E., Rosen, D., Sumich, J., Costa, D.P.
Metrics of structural growth and energy storage used to assess population health. Documentation of energy cost of tissue deposition poorly understood within energy budgets. Paper presents literature review concerning marine mammal growth patterns, generally displaying logarithmic growth. Few well studied species dominate available data with little literature on vulnerable species e.g. beaked whales.
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