found: Work cat.: Koopman, H.N. The structure and function of the blubber of odontocetes, 2001("Blubber, the lipid-rich hypodermis of marine mammals, consists of millions of adipocytes surrounded by a supportive matrix of collagen and elastin fibres.")
found: Berta, A. Marine mammals : evolutionary biology, 1999:p. 132 ("...the hypodermis, or blubber, is loose connective tissue composed of fat cells interlayered with bundles of collagen")
found: Biology of marine mammals, 1999:p. 19 ("... blubber, a thickened, adipose-rich hypodermis ... characterized as a continuous sheet of adipose tissue, reinforced by a network of collagen and elastic fibers.")
found: Correspondence with M. Moore, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, March 31, 2004("Blubber consists of adipocytes, substantial amounts of fibroelastic material, and a few nerves and some blood vessels.")
found: Phocoena WWW site, April 21, 2004(Harbour porpoises and blubber--"insulates the body, serves as a depot for stored energy, sculpts the external surface of the body into a hydrodynamic shape, adjusts buoyancy, and aids in locomotion")
found: Web. 3(fat which lies between the skin and muscular flesh of whales and other large marine mammals, which serves as an insulating layer, and from which oil is obtained)
