Bioenergetics and diving activity of internesting leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3873-3884

  Wallace, Bryan P ^a,e   Williams, Cassondra L ^b   Paladino, Frank V ^b   Morreale, Stephen J ^c   Lindstrom, R Todd ^d,f   Spotila, James R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Lotek Wireless   (Canada)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Ocean Touch Instrumentation Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Dermochelys coriacea; Diving physiology; Field metabolic rate; Leatherback turtle

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COSTA RICA; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COSTA RICA; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER; TURTLES;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 27744482243     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01860     Document Type: Article

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