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

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 surface was measured on 18...

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Published in:Journal of Thermal Biology
Main Authors: Paterson, William D., Chaise, Laureline L., McKnight, Chris, Currie, John I., Thompson, Dave, Ancel, André, Gilbert, Caroline, McCafferty, Dominic J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Marine mammals
Pinnipeds
Heat loss
Skin temperature
Moult
Thermoregulation
Wallows
Elephant Seals
Mirounga leonina
Southern Elephant Seals
Online Access:https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/metabolic-heat-loss-in-southern-elephant-seals-mirounga-leonina-differs-with-stage-of-moult-and-between-habitats(7c241ff5-4b6f-4836-90f1-6bebb3ffc378).html
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103183
https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/263475/

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