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. 2016 Nov 9;187(3):493–502. doi: 10.1007/s00360-016-1048-3

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Fig. 2 — a Body mass loss as a percentage of initial body mass of five hooded seals pups during a 33 days long post-weaning fast. The average decrease in body mass of all five seals can be described by the function BM = 98.309 e^−0.009t (R ² = 0.98) where BM is body mass in percentage of initial body mass and t is time in days of fasting. b Weight specific body mass loss in g day⁻¹ kg⁻¹. Values are given as the mean ± SD. Arrow lines indicate the time periods of snow and seawater exposure