A killer appetite: Metabolic consequences of carnivory in marine mammals

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 785-796

  Williams, Terrie M ^a,f   Haun, J ^b   Davis, R W ^c   Fuiman, L A ^d   Kohin, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Carnivore; Dolphin; Herbivore; Marine mammal; Small intestine; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; CETACEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; TURSIOPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034972788     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00347-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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