Blubber and flipper heat transfer in harp seals

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-395

  Kvadsheim, P H ^a   Folkow, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blubber; Conduction; Convection; Flippers; Heat loss; Seals; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031408663     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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