Diurnal and seasonal variations in the duration and depth of the longest dives in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina): Possible physiological and behavioural constraints

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 649-662

  Bennett, K A ^a   McConnell, B J ^a   Fedak, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Diving; Foraging; Marine mammal; Melatonin; Metabolism; Mirounga leonina; Phocid; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIVING; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA COLLECTION; DIVING; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0035746064     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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