Oxygen consumption and swim speed of the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 894-898

  Otani, Seiji ^a,d   Naito, Yasuhiko ^b   Kato, Akiko ^b   Kawamura, Akito ^c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Cost of transport; Harbor porpoise; Oxygen consumption rate; Phocoena phocoena; Swim speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039298111     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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