Dear Colleagues,<br><br>I am an MSc candidate working with Dr. Trites in the Marine
Mammal Research Unit at UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. As part of my thesis
research, I am building a bioenergetics model to estimate the prey requirements of Pacific white-sided dolphins (<i>Lagenorhynchus obliquidens</i>) on the BC
coast. <br>
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I am writing to request your help in locating data or references to
publications that recorded the proportion of blubber, lean tissue or water in
the body of the Pacific white-sided dolphin. I am also interested in obtaining
these measurements for other dolphins in the <i>Lagenorhynchus</i> genus (Atlantic
white-sided, Dusky, Peales, White-beaked, Hourglass). <br>
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Your assistance with this would be greatly appreciated,<br>
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Thanks very much,<br>
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Erin<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Erin Rechsteiner<br>MSc Candidate, Zoology<br>Marine Mammal Research Unit, UBC<br>Room 247, AERL, 2202 Main Mall<br>Vancouver, B.C. Canada  V6T 1Z4<br>ph: 604-872-7447<br>