Body density affects stroke patterns in Baikal seals

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3269-3280

  Watanabe, Yuuki ^a   Baranov, Eugene A ^b,d   Sato, Katsufumi ^a   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Baikal Seal Aquarium   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baikal seal; Body composition; Body density; Buoyancy; Data logger; Diving; Phoca sibirica; Swimming

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIVING; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FRESH WATER; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOCA; RUSSIA; SWIMMING;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA SIBIRICA;

EID: 33749568577     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02402     Document Type: Article

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