Heart rates of northern elephant seals diving at sea and resting on the beach

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2083-2095

  Andrews, R D ^a   Jones, D R ^a   Williams, J D ^b   Thorson, P H ^b   Oliver, G W ^b   Costa, D P ^b   Le Boeuf, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnoea; Bradycardia; Data logger; Diving; Elephant seal; Heart rate; Mirounga angustirostris; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DIVING; HEART RATE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIVING; HEART RATE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION; REST; SEALS, EARLESS;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0031214188     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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