The ontogeny of diving abilities in subantarctic fur seal pups: Developmental trade-off in response to extreme fasting?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 818-828

  Verrier, Delphine ^a,b   Guinet, Christophe ^c   Authier, Matthieu ^c   Tremblay, Yann ^d   Shaffer, Scott ^d,e   Costa, Daniel P ^d   Groscolas, René ^b   Arnould, John P Y ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Behavioural plasticity; Diving behaviour; Diving physiology; Growth strategy; Myoglobin; Oxygen stores; Weaning

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FASTING; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATERNAL CARE; MUSCLE; ONTOGENY; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 79959829732     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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