Field metabolic rate of lactating female Galápagos fur seals (Arctocephalus galapagoensis): The influence of offspring age and environment

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 741-749

  Trillmich, Fritz ^a   Kooyman, Gerald L ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus galapagoensis; Doubly labeled water; El Ni o; Field metabolic rate; Gal pagos; Pup growth; Seasonality; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEAL; SEASON; STARVATION; TOTAL BODY WATER;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GALAPAGOENSIS; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0034973995     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00343-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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