Body weights of some species of large whales
Body weight data for the large species of Cetacea: right, gray, blue, fin, Bryde, sei, humpback and minke whales, have been compiled from various sources, and used to formulate body weight/length relationships. All the cetacean body weights examined can be related to body length in the formulation W...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:icesjms:36/3/259 2023-05-15T14:03:21+02:00 Body weights of some species of large whales Lockyer, C. 1976-02-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/36/3/259 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/36.3.259 en eng Oxford University Press http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/36/3/259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/36.3.259 Copyright (C) 1976, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer Articles TEXT 1976 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/36.3.259 2013-05-28T09:39:42Z Body weight data for the large species of Cetacea: right, gray, blue, fin, Bryde, sei, humpback and minke whales, have been compiled from various sources, and used to formulate body weight/length relationships. All the cetacean body weights examined can be related to body length in the formulation W = aL b, where W is body weight in tonnes and L is body length in m. Generally, the value of b falls within the range 3.0 ± 0.6 for the species examined. Weight/length formulae have been adjusted to allow for blood and fluid losses during flensing: 6% body weight in baleen whales and 10% body weight in the toothed sperm whale. These adjusted formulae have been used to calculate the biomass of the whale catches in the Antarctic since 1904. Comparisons of weight proportions of body tissues in different species show that right whales are the heaviest whales for a given length and carry the greatest proportion of blubber fat. The baleen whales of the genus Balaenoptera (blue, fin, Bryde, sei and minke) carry greater proportions of muscle tissue than the other species. Text Antarc* Antarctic baleen whales Sperm whale HighWire Press (Stanford University) Antarctic The Antarctic Bryde ENVELOPE(-63.033,-63.033,-64.867,-64.867) Flensing ENVELOPE(-45.674,-45.674,-60.690,-60.690) ICES Journal of Marine Science 36 3 259 273 |
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Body weight data for the large species of Cetacea: right, gray, blue, fin, Bryde, sei, humpback and minke whales, have been compiled from various sources, and used to formulate body weight/length relationships. All the cetacean body weights examined can be related to body length in the formulation W = aL b, where W is body weight in tonnes and L is body length in m. Generally, the value of b falls within the range 3.0 ± 0.6 for the species examined. Weight/length formulae have been adjusted to allow for blood and fluid losses during flensing: 6% body weight in baleen whales and 10% body weight in the toothed sperm whale. These adjusted formulae have been used to calculate the biomass of the whale catches in the Antarctic since 1904. Comparisons of weight proportions of body tissues in different species show that right whales are the heaviest whales for a given length and carry the greatest proportion of blubber fat. The baleen whales of the genus Balaenoptera (blue, fin, Bryde, sei and minke) carry greater proportions of muscle tissue than the other species. |
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