Locomotion in diving elephant seals: Physical and physiological constraints

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1487, 2007, Pages 2141-2150

  Davis, Randall W ^a   Weihs, Daniel ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Diving; Elephant seal; Gliding; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BUOYANCY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLIDING; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PINNIPED; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 35848949568     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2107     Document Type: Article

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