Metabolic rates of captive grey seals during voluntary diving

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1615-1624

  Sparling, Carol E ^a   Fedak, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Diving metabolic rate; Grey seal; Halichoerus grypus; Hypometabolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEALS, EARLESS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 2442548683     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00952     Document Type: Article

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