Free-swimming northern elephant seals have low field metabolic rates that are sensitive to an increased cost of transport

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Biology

• Publication date

  2014-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1242/jeb.094201PMID 24790099
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