Exercise warms adult leatherback turtles

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 323-331

  Bostrom, Brian L ^a   Jones, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body temperature gradient; Drag force; Feeding; Insulation; Metabolic heat; Propeller and aerobic efficiency; Surface area

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; SWIMMING; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; TURTLE; VELOCITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34247259087     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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