Inter-annual consistency in the fluctuating energy requirements of captive harp seals Phoca groenlandica

Polar Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-318

  Hedd, April ^a,c   Gales, Rosemary ^b   Renouf, Deane ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY REQUIREMENT; FLUCTUATING REQUIREMENTS; HARP SEAL; HARP SEALS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MAMMALS; METABOLIC RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

EID: 0030698224     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050193     Document Type: Article

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