Body composition changes, metabolic fuel use, and energy expenditure during extended fasting in subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) pups at Amsterdam Island

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 262-270

  Beauplet, Gwénaël ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^a   Arnould, John P Y ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; FASTING; METABOLISM; NEONATE; PINNIPED;

ADAPTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; MALE; MOLTING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038817868     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367951     Document Type: Article

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