Total body oxygen stores and physiological diving capacity of California sea lions as a function of sex and age

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-289

  Weise, Michael J ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Blood; Development; Muscle; Oxygen stores; Pinniped; Zalophus californianus

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALIFORNIA; DIVING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; SEA LIONS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 33847078042     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02643     Document Type: Article

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