Measuring energy expenditure in sub-adult and hatchling sea turtles via accelerometry.

Measuring the metabolic of sea turtles is fundamental to understanding their ecology yet the presently available methods are limited. Accelerometry is a relatively new technique for estimating metabolic rate that has shown promise with a number of species but its utility with air-breathing divers is...

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Main Authors: Lewis G Halsey, T Todd Jones, David R Jones, Nikolai Liebsch, David T Booth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21829613/?tool=EBI