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Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment

2023
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Conservation Physiology

Adamczak, S.K., McHuron, E.A., Christiansen, F., Dunkin, R., McMahon, CR., Noren, S., Pirotta, E., Rosen, D., Sumich, J., Costa, D.P.

Metrics of structural growth and energy storage used to assess population health. Documentation of energy cost of tissue deposition poorly understood within energy budgets. Paper presents...
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Keywords: Body size, Growth, Marine mammal

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