Pelagic sea snakes dehydrate at sea

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  Lillywhite, Harvey B ^a   Sheehy III, Coleman M ^a   Brischoux, François ^b   Grech, Alana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Drought; Hydrophis (Pelamis) platurus; Pelagic marine vertebrate; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; EXTINCTION; FRESHWATER; PARADIGM SHIFT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; REHYDRATION; SEAWATER; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLYING; WIND;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WIND;

EID: 84898763951     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0119     Document Type: Article

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