A new device to remotely measure heat flux and skin temperature from free-swimming dolphins

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 346, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-59

  Westgate, Andrew J ^a,b   McLellan, William A ^a   Wells, Randall S ^b   Scott, Michael D ^c   Meagher, Erin M ^a   Pabst, D Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolphin; Free swimming; Heat flux; Skin temperature; Thermal data logger; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DESIGN; DOLPHIN; ENDOTHERMY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; HEAT FLUX; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TAGGING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WILD POPULATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 34248155191     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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