Food consumption estimates of southern elephant seal females during their post-breeding aquatic phase at King George Island

Changes in mass and body composition, measured with labelled water, were used to quantify the energy expenditure during lactation and energy replenishment during the post-breeding aquatic phase in Southern elephant seal females at Stranger Point, King George Island. During lactation females spent a...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Carlini, A. R., Daneri, Gustavo Adolfo, Márquez, María Elba Isabel, Bornemann, H., Panarello, Hector Osvaldo, Casaux, R., Ramdohr, S., Plötz, J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag Berlín
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/147438