ArticleConservation physiology2020
Thermoregulatory costs in molting Antarctic Weddell seals: impacts of physiological and environmental conditions: Themed Issue Article: Conservation of Southern Hemisphere Mammals in a Changing World.
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- Breath-hold capacities and circadian dive rhythmicity shape optimal foraging strategies in a polar marine mammal, the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii).Communications biology · 2024Article
- Changes in body surface temperature reveal the thermal challenge associated with catastrophic moult in captive gentoo penguins.The Journal of experimental biology · 2024Article
- Individual variation in life-history timing: synchronous presence, asynchronous events and phenological compensation in a wild mammal.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Breaking the fast: first report of dives and ingestion events in molting southern elephant seals.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Non-invasive measurements of respiration and heart rate across wildlife species using Eulerian Video Magnification of infrared thermal imagery.BMC biology · 2023Article
- Advances in thermal physiology of diving marine mammals: The dual role of peripheral perfusion.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2022Review
- Conditions influencing the appearance of thermal windows and the distribution of surface temperature in hauled-out southern elephant seals.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- Molting strategies of Arctic seals drive annual patterns in metabolism.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- Worried about hair loss? So are these seals.Conservation physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
For polar marine mammals, the energetic cost of thermoregulation depends on ambient conditions in the highly variable surrounding environment. Heat conservation strategies used by pinnipeds to reduce total heat loss include small surface area to volume ratios, the ability to limit perfusion and thick subcutaneous blubber layers. There are limits to how cool the skin surface may remain without compromising function, especially during the annual pelage molt, when hair and skin are replaced. To determine if actively molting seals incur higher thermoregulatory costs, surface temperature (ST) and heat flux (HF) were measured in 93 adult female Weddell seals (
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