Broad thermal capacity facilitates the primarily pelagic existence of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 994-1013

  Dalton, Alex J M ^a   Rosen, David A S ^a   Trites, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Callorhinus ursinus; Metabolism; Northern fur seal; Thermal neutral zone; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMBIENT AIR; METABOLISM; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOLT; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84903821374     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12103     Document Type: Article

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