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Natural logarithm of the plasma specific activity over time, indicating the fractional turnover rate of tritiated water (K 2H). Three different tritium injections on the day of capture and 12 and 33 days after capture in five fasting hooded seal pups which coincide with an elevated specific activity. Arrow lines indicate the time periods of snow and seawater exposure
