Energy expenditure of swimming bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Marine Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 601-607

  Yazdi, P ^a   Kilian, A ^b   Culik, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Zoological Garden Nuremberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SWIMMING; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032850311     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050575     Document Type: Article

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