Environment and feeding change the ability of heart rate to predict metabolism in resting Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-116

  Young, Beth L ^a   Rosen, David A S ^a   Haulena, Martin ^b   Hindle, Allyson G ^a   Trites, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energetics; Heart rate; Heat increment of feeding; Otariid; Oxygen consumption; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 78650784682     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0504-8     Document Type: Article

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