Thermal tolerance in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3249-3257

  Yeates, Laura C ^a   Houser, Dorian S ^b  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b Biomimetica   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Energetics; Lower critical temperature; Thermoregulation; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGE; AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BREATHING; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGE FACTORS; AIR; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 55549101612     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.020610     Document Type: Article

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