Seasonal patterns of heat loss in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-543

  Meagher, Erin M ^a   McLellan, William A ^a   Westgate, Andrew J ^a   Wells, Randall S ^b   Blum, James E ^a   Pabst, D Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Conductance; Heat flux; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; EXTREMITIES; FLORIDA; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TEMPERATURE;

TREMATODA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 42249100344     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0245-5     Document Type: Article

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