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Maria Glarou
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PhD fellow at the University of Iceland, studying cetacean ecophysiology and bioenergetics using drones 🐋🐬🌈 Drone footage from the field at http://instagram.com/seagullseyeview
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Maria Glarou @mglarou.bsky.social · Apr 18
📢 New paper alert! 🐋❄️ How do different-sized #cetaceans stay warm in cold waters? Our latest study in @jexpbiol.bsky.social revealed that smaller species rely on thicker blubber, while larger ones offset heat loss simply by being big. Read more: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... #UAVs
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Maria Glarou @mglarou.bsky.social · Apr 18
📢 New paper alert! 🐋❄️ How do different-sized #cetaceans stay warm in cold waters? Our latest study in @jexpbiol.bsky.social revealed that smaller species rely on thicker blubber, while larger ones offset heat loss simply by being big. Read more: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... #UAVs
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Blue whale news @bluewhalenews.bsky.social · Apr 3
Blue whales are a lot skinnier than minke or humpback whales, but their surface area to volume ratio is very low
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Blue whale news @bluewhalenews.bsky.social · Apr 3
Although blue whales are predicted to have high absolute heat loss; when scaled by body volume, heat loss is lower than for minke or humpback whales
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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