Fat head: an analysis of head and neck insulation in the leatherback turtle (dermochelys coriacea)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2753-2759

  Davenport, John ^a   Fraher, John ^a   Fitzgerald, Edward ^b   McLaughlin, Patrick ^b   Doyle, Tom ^a   Harman, Luke ^a   Cuffe, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blubber; Cranial insulation; Gigantothermy; Leatherback turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NECK; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; TURTLE;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEAD; MALE; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURTLES;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; HYDROIDA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70349249464     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026500     Document Type: Article

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