Energy expenditure of freely swimming adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and its link with body acceleration

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4010-4020

  Enstipp, Manfred R ^a,b   Ciccione, Stéphane ^c   Gineste, Benoit ^a,b   Milbergue, Myriam ^a,b   Ballorain, Katia ^a,b   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a,b   Kato, Akiko ^a,b   Plot, Virginie ^a,b   Georges, Jean Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Kélonia l'Observatoire des Tortues Marines ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Body acceleration; Diving; Exercise; Oxygen consumption rate; PDBA; Respiratory frequency; Resting metabolic rate; Sea turtle energetics

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCELERATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ACCELERATION; AGING; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; SEASONS; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 82055186807     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.062943     Document Type: Article

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