Swimming by sea otters: adaptations for low energetic cost locomotion

Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 815-824

  Williams, Terrie M ^a  

^a SeaWorld   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OTTERS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SWIMMING;

EID: 0024618168     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00616753     Document Type: Article

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