Estimating total body heat dissipation in air and water from skin surface heat flux telemetry in Weddell seals

• Main Authors: Hindle, Allyson, Horning, Markus, Mellish, Jo-Ann
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2015
• Subjects: Thermoregulation; Heat loss; Ice seal; Pinniped; Erebus Bay; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://www.animalbiotelemetry.com/content/3/1/50

Abstract Background Accurate estimates of thermoregulatory costs in air and water are necessary to predict the impacts of changing habitats to individuals and populations of ice-obligate seals. Investigations that would provide such estimates of thermoregulatory physiology over natural activities in...