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Oxygen minimum zone: An important oceanographic habitat for deep-diving northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Ecology and Evolution

Naito, Y., D. P. Costa, T. Adachi, P. W. Robinson, S. H. Peterson, Y. Mitani, and A. Takahashi

Little is known about the foraging behavior of top predators in the deep mesopelagic ocean. Elephant seals dive to the deep biota-poor oxygen minimum zone (OMZ)...
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Keywords: Mirounga angustirostris, Northern elephant seals, Oxygen minimum zone

Adipose triglyceride lipase, not hormone-sensitive lipase, is the primary lipolytic enzyme in fasting elephant seals

2015
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Fowler, M., Coasta, D., Crocker, D., Shen, W. et al.

Little is known about the mechanisms that allow capital breeders to rapidly mobilize large amounts of body reserves. Northern elephant seals Mirounga angustirostris) utilize fat reserves...
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Keywords: Enzyme, Hormones, Lipids, Northern elephant seals