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Regional variability in diving physiology and behavior in a widely distributed air-breathing marine predator, the South American sea lion Otaria byronia

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of Experimental Biology

Huckstadt, L. A., M. S. Tift, F. Riet-Sapriza, V. Franco-Trecu, A. M. Baylis, R. A. Orben, J. P. Arnould, M. Sepulveda, M. Santos-Carvallo, J. M. Burns, and D. P. Costa

Our understanding of how air-breathing marine predators cope with environmental variability is limited by our inadequate knowledge of their ecological and physiological parameters. Because of their...
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Keywords: Aerobic dive limit, Diving, Oxygen stores, Pinniped, South America

Summing the strokes: Energy economy in northern elephant seals during large scale foraging migrations

2015
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Movement Ecology

Maresh, J., Adachi, T., Takahashi, A., Naito, Y. et al.

Background: The energy requirements of free-ranging marine mammals are challenging to measure due to cryptic and far-ranging feeding habits, but are important to quantify given the...
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Keywords: Accelerometer, Aerobic dive limit, Body size, Disturbance, Field metabolic rate, Foraging, Hypometabolism, Locomotion, Pregnancy

Extreme diving of beaked whales.

2006
Open Access Journal Article

Journal of Experimental Biology

Tyack P.L., Johnson M., Aguilar Soto N., Sturlese A, Madsen P.T.

Sound-and-orientation recording tags (DTAGs) were used to study 10 beaked whales of two poorly known species, Ziphius cavirostris (Zc) and Mesoplodon densirostris (Md). Acoustic behaviour in...
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Keywords: Aerobic dive limit, Beaked whale, Diving, Foraging, Mesoplodon densirostris, Ziphius cavirostris