Body condition changes at sea: Onboard calculation and telemetry of body density in diving animals
Abstract
The ability of marine mammals to accumulate sufficient lipid energy reserves is vital for mammals' survival and successful reproduction. However, long‐term monitoring of at‐sea changes in body condition, specifically lipid stores, has only been possible in elephant seals performing prolonged drift dives (low‐density lipids alter the rates of depth change while drifting). This approach has limited applicability to other species.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 04, 2023
- Source ID
- 10.1111/2041-210x.14089
Entities
People
- Baptiste Picard
- Christophe Guinet
- Daniel E Crocker
- Daniel P. Costa
- James Turnbull
- Martin Biuw
- Michael Fedak
- Patrick J O Miller
- Philip Lovell
- Rachel R Holser
- Taiki Adachi
- Theresa Keates
Organizations
- Institut Polaire Francais Paul Emile Victor
- Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
- Office of Naval Research
- Sonoma State University
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of St Andrews