학술논문

Metabolic Demands of a Tropical Marine Carnivore, the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi): Implications for Fisheries Competition.
Document Type
Article
Source
Aquatic Mammals. Sep2011, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p372-376. 5p. 1 Color Photograph, 3 Graphs.
Subject
*HAWAIIAN monk seal
*MAMMAL physiology
*ENDANGERED species
*METABOLIC regulation
*MARINE mammals
*PHYSIOLOGY
Language
ISSN
0167-5427
Abstract
The article presents a study on the changes of the metabolic demands for different physiological states of a Hawaiian monk seal. It mentions the evaluation of monk seal's metabolic rates as its metabolic demands was being compared to other marine mammals. It reveals that the juvenile age class of Hawaiian monk seals appear more vulnerable to resource limitations than adults.