A novel technique for measuring heart rate in a free swimming marine vertebrate

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-51

  Myers, Andrew E ^a,b   Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Leatherback; Penguin; Seal; TDR; Turtle; Whale

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; SEABIRD; SWIMMING; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; SPHENISCIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547420273     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.04.017     Document Type: Article

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