Sentence examples for blubber depth from inspiring English sources
Total body mass increased with age, whereas variation in blubber depth was best described by mass and/or sex, with an overall greater blubber thickness in female seals (p < 0.001).
Fifty known-age, adult seals (9 27 years, 24 males, 26 females) in McMurdo Sound were sampled for mass, total body fat, blubber depth and a suite of blood parameters (21 variables) to assess hydration state, nutritional plane, reproductive hormones (females only), organ function and immune status.
It was824 cm in length, 264 cm in axillary girth,with a ventral axilla blubber depth of 75 mm, and with an intact blink reflex.
Third, variation in contaminant concentrations with blubber depth has been observed in some cetacean species, including the sperm whale (Evans et al. 2004).
However, with a tag diameter of 42 mm and typical blubber depths in Steller sea lions under five cm [ 46], intraperitoneal implantation was deemed more appropriate than subcutaneous implantation.
Because of the small size of our biopsy tip (40 mm depth) relative to the average blubber thickness in sperm whale [98.4 ± 18.4 mm (mean ± SD); Evans et al. 2003], we consistently biopsied the outer blubber layer, which is less metabolically active than deep blubber.
Recorded music equals whale blubber.
Pregnancy test measures progesterone in humpback blubber.
The blubber and meat is packed.
The first chink in the blubber!
