Swimming depth and ocean currents affect transit costs in steller sea lions eumetopias jubatus

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-148

  Hindle, Allyson G ^a   Rosen, David A S ^a   Trites, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diving; Flipper stroking; Foraging; Hydrodynamics; Locomotion; Odba; Overall dynamic body acceleration

Indexed keywords

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77956786444     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00279     Document Type: Article

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