Dehydration and drinking responses in a pelagic sea snake

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-234

  Lillywhite, Harvey B ^a   Brischoux, François ^b   Sheehy III, Coleman M ^c   Pfaller, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC SPECIES; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELAPIDAE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELAPIDAE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867315820     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ics039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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