Characterization of lipids in adipose depots associated with minke and fin whale ears: Comparison with acoustic fats of toothed whales
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MAYA YAMATO, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013, U.S.A.;HEATHER KOOPMAN, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, U.S.A.; MISTY NIEMEYER, Marine Mammal Rescue and Research, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts 02675, U.S.A.;DARLENE KETTEN, Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, U.S.A.
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