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Assessing the Relationship Between Blubber Thickness and Adipocyte Size in Beluga Whales.
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Body condition, the relative amount of energy reserves in an individual, reflects nutritional status and overall health in marine mammals and can indicate the influence of stressors on individuals. Energy in marine mammals is primarily stored as lipids within adipocytes in blubber tissue, making blubber thickness a common proxy for body condition. However, blubber also serves structural roles, complicating its use as a body condition indicator. Our objective was to assess the relationship between adipocyte size, a common measure of cetacean adiposity, and blubber thickness in beluga whales (
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