Diving heart rate development in postnatal harbour seals, Phoca vitulina

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-17

  Greaves, Danielle K ^a   Schreer, Jason F ^a,d   Hammill, Michael O ^b   Burns, Jennifer M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DIVING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; HEART RATE; NEWBORN; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; TELEMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIVING; HEART RATE; PHOCA; QUEBEC; RIVERS; TELEMETRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 14344252945     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425201     Document Type: Article

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