Development of the blood and muscle oxygen stores in gray seals (Halichoerus grypus): Implications for juvenile diving capacity and the necessity of a terrestrial postweaning fast

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 482-490

  Noren, Shawn R ^a,c   Iverson, Sara J ^b   Boness, Daryl J ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD VOLUME; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIVING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMATOCRIT; METABOLISM; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD VOLUME; DIVING; FASTING; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; NOVA SCOTIA; OXYGEN; SEALS, EARLESS;

HALICHOERUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 21044433211     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430228     Document Type: Article

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