Energetics during hatchling dispersal of the olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea using doubly labeled water

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 389-399

  Trullas, Susana Clusella ^a,b   Spotila, James R ^b   Paladino, Frank V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN; WATER;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISPERSAL; ENERGETICS; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; TURTLE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; DEUTERIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES; WATER;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33645804420     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499982     Document Type: Article

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