First records of dive durations for a hibernating sea turtle

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-86

  Hochscheid, Sandra ^a,b   Bentivegna, Flegra ^a   Hays, Graeme C ^b  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Dive duration; Hibernation; Reptile; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; TURTLE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HIBERNATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27444435883     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0250     Document Type: Article

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