Enzymatic profiles of skeletal muscles from harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and fin whales (Balaenoptera physalis)

• Main Author: Foreman III, Richard A.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1991
• Subjects: Muscles > Metabolism; Marine mammals > Physiology; Diving > Physiological aspects; Diving; Hydrurga; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Balaenoptera physalis; Fin whale; harbor seal; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seals; Leptonychotes weddelli; Lobodon carcinophagus; Phoca vitulina; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30808

The enzymatic organization of muscle tissue usually is examined in only a select few muscles of any one animal species. However, because the functional demands placed on individual muscles can vary so widely from muscle to muscle, it is inappropriate to generalize findings from one or two muscles to...