Metabolic heat estimation of the sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea embryos

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-141

  Sandoval, Sarahi ^a   Gómez Muñoz, Victor ^a   Gutiérrez, Joaquín ^b   Porta Gándara, Miguel Ángel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Incubation temperature; Lepidochelys olivacea; Metabolic heat

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HATCHLING; HEAT TRANSFER; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC RATE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; THERMOGENESIS; TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA;

EID: 79951510547     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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