Summer activity pattern and Field Metabolic Rate of adult male sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in a soft sediment habitat in Alaska

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-42

  Finerty, Shannon E ^a   Wolt, Ryan C ^a   Davis, Randall W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity time budget; Alaska; Behavior; Enhydra lutris; Field Metabolic Rate (FMR); Sea otter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; METABOLISM; MUSTELID; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67650951101     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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