Ontogenetic changes in tracheal structure facilitate deep dives and cold water foraging in adult leatherback sea turtles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3440-3447

  Davenport, John ^a   Fraher, John ^a   Fitzgerald, Ed ^b   McLaughlin, Patrick ^b   Doyle, Tom ^a   Harman, Luke ^a   Cuffe, Tracy ^a   Dockery, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dermochelys; Diving; Gigantothermy; Leatherback turtle; Tracheal structure; Vascular plexus

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COLD; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; THERMOREGULATION; TRACHEA; TURBINATE; TURTLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; RESPIRATION; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; TRACHEA; TURBINATES; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CETACEA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70350225619     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034991     Document Type: Article

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