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Balaena mysticetus

Known as: Greenland Right Whales, Bowhead Whales, Greenland, Right Whale 
The species Balaena mysticetus, in the family Balaenidae, found in the colder waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is derived from the… 
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2013
2013
Novel locomotor muscle design in extreme deep-diving whales
SUMMARY Most marine mammals are hypothesized to routinely dive within their aerobic dive limit (ADL). Mammals that regularly… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Accounting for the effects of lipids in stable isotope (dC and dN values) analysis of skin and blubber of balaenopterid whales
Conor Ryan*, Brendan McHugh, Clive N. Trueman, Chris Harrod, Simon D. Berrow and Ian O’Connor Marine and Freshwater Research… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Impairment of cellular immunity in west Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris) dietary exposed to polluted minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) blubber.
Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) blubber is rich in organohalogen contaminants, mercury, and n-3 fatty acids. In the… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Eusociality, menopause and information in matrilineal whales.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Hydroxylated and methylsulfone‐containing metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls in the plasma and blubber of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)
Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) blubber (n = 20) and plasma (n = 19) samples were collected during the 1997 to 2000 Inuit… 
1999
1999
Organochlorines in Stranded Pilot Whales (Globicephala melaena) from the Coast of Massachusetts
Abstract. Pilot whales strand periodically along the U.S. coast, and these strandings offer an opportunity for the collection of… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Epidemiological analysis of persistent organochlorine contaminants in cetaceans.
Information is provided to test the hypothesis that organochlorines introduced into the environment since the early 1940s could… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Ultrastructure of synapses and golgi analysis of neurons in neocortex of the lateral gyrus (visual cortex) of the dolphin and pilot whale
1985
1985
Epidermal and papillary dermal characteristics of the bowhead whale (balaena mysticetus)
Skin samples from most body regions of the bowhead whale were examined. The epidermis is 2.7 to 50 times thicker than that… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEPOT FATS OF MARINE FISH AND MAMMALS.
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