Entrance into stage III fasting by starveling northern elephant seal pups

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 186-197

  Houser, Dorian S ^a,b   Costa, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BIOMIMETICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephant seal; Fasting; Fat; Mirounga angustirostris; Nutrient reserves; Protein catabolism; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FASTING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINNIPED; STARVATION;

ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037233780     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01101.x     Document Type: Article

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