Fasting affects the surface and diving metabolic rates of steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-82

  Svard C ^a   Fahlman, A ^b,c   Rosen, D A S ^b   Joy, R ^b   Trites, A W ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Digestion; Diving physiology

Indexed keywords

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 74349109255     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00211     Document Type: Article

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