Allometric scaling of lung volume and its consequences for marine turtle diving performance

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 360-367

  Hochscheid, Sandra ^a   McMahon, Clive R ^b,c   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^c   Maffucci, Fulvio ^a   Bentivegna, Flegra ^a   Hays, Graeme C ^b  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Allometry; Body mass; Dive duration; Diving capacity; Lung volume

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCALE UP; TIME; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; NATATOR DEPRESSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34547579036     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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