Behaviour and physiology: The thermal strategy of leatherback turtles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bostrom, Brian L ^a   Jones, T Todd ^a,b   Hastings, Mervin ^c   Jones, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour   (Virgin Islands (British))

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; HEAT LOSS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEATHERBACK TURTLE; NONHUMAN; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOREGULATION; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE; ADAPTATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 78649737516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013925     Document Type: Article

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