# positions[].organizations[].label
Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
Randall William Davis is an educator and researcher who studies the physiology and behavioral ecology of marine mammals and other aquatic vertebrates. His physiological research focuses on adaptations of marine mammals for deep, prolonged diving. Davis has continually emphasized the importance of studying aquatic animals in their natural environment and has spent many years developing animal-borne instruments that record video and monitor three-dimensional movements, swimming performance and environmental variables to better understand their behavior and ecology. His academic endeavors and 100 research expeditions have taken him to 65 countries and territories on seven continents and all of the world's oceans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_William_Davis

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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University of California, San Diego - (San Diego, California, United States)

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University of California, Riverside - (Riverside, California, United States)

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Interannual assessment of territory quality for male sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska

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Lipoproteins in pinnipeds: analysis of a high molecular weight form of apolipoprotein E.

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Territory quality of male sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska: relation to body and territory maintenance behaviors

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Foraging Strategies of Female Elephant Seals from Peninsula Valdes, Patagonia, Inferred from Whisker Stable Isotope Signatures of Their Pups

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Foraging strategies of Southern sea lion females in the La Plata River Estuary (Argentina-Uruguay)

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Habitat associations of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in a soft- and mixed-sediment benthos in Alaska

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Habitat use and habitat selection by spotted seals (Phoca largha) in the Bering sea

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Habitat associations of post-breeding female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) from Peninsula Valdes, Argentina

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UNDER-ICE MOVEMENTS AND THE SENSORY BASIS OF HOLE FINDING BY RINGED AND WEDDELL SEALS

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Antipredatory strategies of leatherback sea turtles during internesting intervals on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

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Marine Mammals Adaptations for an Aquatic Life Introduction

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Durophagous biting in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) differs kinematically from raptorial biting of other marine mammals.

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Classification of Weddell seal dives based on 3-dimensional movements and video-recorded observations

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Diving behavior and energetic strategy of leatherback sea turtles during internesting intervals on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

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Neonatal growth of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups in Alaska

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Aggregations of Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) Feeding on Fish Eggs and Kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska

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The effect of myoglobin concentration on aerobic dive limit in a Weddell seal.

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The diving paradox: new insights into the role of the dive response in air-breathing vertebrates.

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A review of the multi-level adaptations for maximizing aerobic dive duration in marine mammals: from biochemistry to behavior.

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Enhanced aerobic capacities for fatty acid oxidation in the skeletal muscles of pinnipeds.

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Development of an altricial mammal at sea: I. Activity budgets of female sea otters and their pups in Simpson Bay, Alaska

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Behavior of midwater fishes under the Antarctic ice: observations by a predator

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Fur seals do, but sea lions don't - cross taxa insights into exhalation during ascent from dives.

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Diving depths and energy requirements of king penguins.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Movements and behavior of satellite-tagged spotted seals (Phoca largha) in the Bering and Chukchi Seas

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Development of an altricial mammal at sea: II. Energy budgets of female sea otters and their pups in Simpson Bay, Alaska

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Aerobic capacities in the skeletal muscles of Weddell seals: key to longer dive durations?

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Skeletal muscle thermogenesis enables aquatic life in the smallest marine mammal.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Pattern and depth of dives in Northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris

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Exercise at depth alters bradycardia and incidence of cardiac anomalies in deep-diving marine mammals.

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Heterogeneity of myoglobin distribution in the locomotory muscles of five cetacean species

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Hunting behavior of a marine mammal beneath the antarctic fast Ice.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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The use of fatty acid profiles in determining the diet of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus).

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Identification of foraging dives in free-ranging Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii: confirmation using video records

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Homing tactics of Weddell seals in the Antarctic fast-ice environment

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THE CALCIFIED AMORPHOUS LAYER OF THE SKIN OF BUFO-MARINUS (AMPHIBIA, ANURA)

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Summer activity pattern and Field Metabolic Rate of adult male sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in a soft sediment habitat in Alaska

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Aerobic dive limits of seals with mutant myoglobin using combined thermochemical and physiological data.

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The effects of oil contamination and cleaning on sea otters (Enhydra lutris), I. Thermoregulatory implications based on pelt studies

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Aerobic capacities in the skeletal muscles of Weddell seals: key to longer dive durations?

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Underwater Navigation by Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Antarctic Fast-Ice Environment

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Diving behavior, foraging strategies, and energetics of female Steller sea lions during early lactation

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Sea otter female and pup activity budgets, Prince William Sound, Alaska

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Marine Mammals Adaptations for an Aquatic Life Preface

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Renal glomerular filtration rate and hepatic blood flow during voluntary diving in Weddell seals.

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Ontogeny of early diving and foraging behavior of northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) pups from Bering Island, Russia

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BLOOD CHEMISTRIES AND BODY CONDITION OF STELLER SEA LION PUPS AT MARMOT-ISLAND, ALASKA

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Photo-identification of sea otters using nose scars

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Summer Foraging Tactics in Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris): Maintaining Foraging Efficiencies in a Stable Population in Alaska

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VALIDATION OF HEART-RATE AND DOUBLY LABELED WATER AS MEASURES OF METABOLIC-RATE DURING SWIMMING IN CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS

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Undetected Blooms in Prince William Sound: Using Multiple Techniques to Elucidate the Base of the Summer Food Web

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Home range and diving behaviour of Heaviside's dolphins monitored by satellite off the west coast of South Africa

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Variable oxygen affinity among terrestrial and diving vertebrates

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Effect of fatty acid interaction on myoglobin oxygen affinity and triglyceride metabolism.

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The diving physiology of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). II. Biomechanics and changes in buoyancy at depth.

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Water flux and estimated metabolism of free-ranging gentoo and macaroni penguins at South Georgia

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Foraging behavior of lactating northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in the Commander Islands, Russia

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Antarctic marine life under the McMurdo Ice Shelf at White Island: A link between nutrient influx and seal population

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Diving behavior and at-sea movements of an Atlantic spotted dolphin in the Gulf of Mexico

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Resting metabolic rate and heat increment of feeding in juvenile South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis).

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Mitochondrial densities of skeletal muscles in pinnipeds: Evidence for symmorphosis in diving mammals?

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Structure of foraging dives by Weddell seals at an offshore isolated hole in the Antarctic fast-ice environment

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High aerobic capacities in the skeletal muscles of pinnipeds: adaptations to diving hypoxia.

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Swimming strategy and body plan of the world's largest fish: implications for foraging efficiency and thermoregulation

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Locomotion in diving elephant seals: physical and physiological constraints.

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Fur Seal Diving Behaviour in Relation to Vertical Distribution of Krill

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Home ranges and diving behavior of endangered New Zealand sea lions along the Catlins coast of South Island, New Zealand

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Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism during voluntary diving in Weddell seals: Evidence of preferred pathways from blood chemsitry and behavior

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Submerged swimming and resting metabolic rates in Southern sea lions

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The ontogeny of skeletal muscle adaptations that enable long deep dives in Weddell seals

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The Reproductive Energetics of Gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) and Macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) Penguins at South Georgia

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The ontogeny of aerobic and diving capacity in the skeletal muscles of Weddell seals.

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ULTRASTRUCTURE OF OOCYTES OF THE SHRIMP, PENAEUS-VANNAMEI - CORTICAL SPECIALIZATION FORMATION

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Observations of an interaction between sperm whales and short-finned pilot whales in the Gulf of Mexico

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Volume density and distribution of mitochondria in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) skeletal muscle.

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Myoglobin extraction from mammalian skeletal muscle and oxygen affinity determination under physiological conditions.

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Time and energy allocation of female sea otters (Enhydra lutris) with pups in Alaska

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Sea otters demonstrate that there is more to muscle than just movement  it can also bring the heat

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Myoglobin oxygen affinity in aquatic and terrestrial birds and mammals.

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Heterogeneity of myoglobin distribution in the locomotory muscles of five cetacean species.

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Reproductive energetics and female attendance patterns of cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) during early lactation

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Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Healthy, Non-Sedated Southern Sea Lions (Otaria flavescens)

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The effects of oil contamination and cleaning on sea otter (Enhydra lutris). II. Metabolism, thermoregulation, and behavior

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Ontogenetic niche partitioning in southern elephant seals from Argentine Patagonia

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Locomotion and the Cost of Hunting in Large, Stealthy Marine Carnivores.

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Winter ecology of Weddell seals at White Island.

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The marine mammal dive response is exercise modulated to maximize aerobic dive duration.

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The cost of foraging by a marine predator, the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii: pricing by the stroke.

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Convective oxygen transport and tissue oxygen consumption in Weddell seals during aerobic dives

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Sink or swim: strategies for cost-efficient diving by marine mammals.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Future Directions in Sea Otter Research and Management

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Physiological resiliency in diving mammals: Insights on hypoxia protection using the Krogh principle to understand COVID-19 symptoms.

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The effects of water temperature on the energetic costs of juvenile and adult California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): the importance of skeletal muscle thermogenesis for thermal balance.

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Hydrographic and biological controls in two subarctic fjords: an environmental case study of how climate change could impact phytoplankton communities

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Spondyloarthropathy in progressive ankylosis mice: ultrastructural features of the intervertebral disk.

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Diving behavior of sperm whales in relation to behavior of a major prey species, the jumbo squid, in the Gulf of California, Mexico

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Cetacean habitat in the northern oceanic Gulf of Mexico

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Bi-logging as a method for understanding natural systems

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Metabolic indicators in the skeletal muscles of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).

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Summer Foraging Behaviour of Female Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris) with Pups in Simpson Bay, Alaska

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Changes in Northern Elephant Seal Skeletal Muscle Following Thirty Days of Fasting and Reduced Activity.

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Return to the Sea: The Evolution of Marine Mammals

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Lactate and glucose metabolism in the resting and diving harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

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Foraging behavior and prey of sea otters in a soft- and mixed-sediment benthos in Alaska

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Physiological Adaptations for Breath-Hold Diving

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Adaptations to diving hypoxia in the heart, kidneys and splanchnic organs of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).

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A high-resolution geophysical investigation of sediment distribution controlled by catchment size and tides in a multi-basin turbid outwash fjord: Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska

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A killer appetite: metabolic consequences of carnivory in marine mammals.

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Three-dimensional movements and swimming activity of a northern elephant seal.

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Female attendance and neonatal pup growth in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

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Physical habitat of cetaceans along the continental slope in the north-central and western Gulf of Mexico

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The Healthy Heart: Lessons from Nature's Elite Athletes.

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Temperature and the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve of the harbor seal, Phoca vitulina.

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Convective oxygen transport and tissue oxygen consumption in Weddell seals during aerobic dives.

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Classification and behavior of free-ranging Weddell seal dives based on three-dimensional movements and video-recorded observations

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Fuel homeostasis in the harbor seal during submerged swimming.

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Are vibrissae viable sensory structures for prey capture in northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris?

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Aerobic diving limits of immature Weddell seals

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Myoglobin Distribution in the Locomotory Muscles of Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus)

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Sea otter carrying capacity in a soft- and mixed-sediment benthic habitat

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The diving physiology of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) - II. Biomechanics and changes in buoyancy at depth

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Weddell seal foraging dives: comparison of free-ranging and isolated-hole paradigms

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On the straight and narrow: directed movement by Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) during on-ice travel

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Diving classification and behavior of free-ranging female southern elephant seals based on three-dimensional movements and video-recorded observations

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Immunohistochemical fiber typing of harbor seal skeletal muscle.

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Enhanced aerobic capacities in the skeletal muscles of Weddell seals: A key to longer dive durations?

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Locomotion in deep diving marine mammals: Physical and physiological constraints

# researcherOn[].label
IDBR: TYPE B: Refinement of a miniature oceanographic data recorder that can be carried by marine mammals and other pelagic species for commerical production

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Directorate for Biological Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# inTheNews[].label
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