Sea snakes (Laticauda spp.) require fresh drinking water: Implication for the distribution and persistence of populations

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 785-796

  Lillywhite, Harvey B ^a   Babonis, Leslie S ^a   Sheehy III, Coleman M ^a,c   Tu, Ming Chung ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; DRINKING WATER; EXCRETION; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PERSISTENCE; SNAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; FRESH WATER; HYDROPHIDAE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55549116321     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588306     Document Type: Article

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