Metabolic heat loss in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) differs with stage of moult and between habitats

• Published in: Journal of Thermal Biology
• Main Authors: Paterson, William, Chaise, Laureline, McKnight, Chris, Currie, John, Thompson, Dave, Ancel, André, Gilbert, Caroline, Mccafferty, Dominic
• Other Authors: Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews (SOI), School of Biology University of St Andrews, University of St Andrews Scotland -University of St Andrews Scotland, Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment University of Glasgow, Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire Maisons-Alfort
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: envir; socio; Wallows; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103183; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03538632

International audience The moult in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) represents an especially energetically demanding period during which seals must maintain high skin temperature to facilitate complete replacement of body fur and upper dermis. In this study, heat flux from the body surfac...