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Pinniped Physiology

Pinniped Physiology is a subdiscipline of comparative physiology that specifically investigates the functional biological mechanisms and adaptations of pinnipeds—seals, sea lions, and walruses—enabling their survival and performance in marine environments.

83

Publications

4.2K

Citations

245

Authors

121

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

9

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Publications

83

The Diving Behavior of Adult Male and Female Southern Elephant Seals, Mirounga-Leonina (Pinnipedia, Phocidae)

Mark A. Hindell, HR Burton · Australian Journal of Zoology · 1991 · 271 citations

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Species and size differences in the digestion of otoliths and beaks: implications for estimates of pinniped diet composition

Dominic Tollit, M J Steward, Paul M. Thompson et al. · Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 1997 · 219 citations

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Gas transport and oxygen storage capacity in some pinnipeds and the sea otter

Claude Lenfant, Kjell Johansen, J. D. Torrance · Respiration Physiology · 1970 · 214 citations

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Metabolic rates of seals and whales

D. M. Lavigne, S. Innes, Graham A. J. Worthy et al. · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1986 · 203 citations

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Dive durations in pinnipeds and seabirds

Ian L. Boyd, John P. Croxall · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1996 · 156 citations

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Authors

245

  1. DP
    Daniel P. Costa

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    8 publications · 486 citations

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  2. MH
    Martin Haulena

    Vancouver Aquarium, Canada

    4 publications · 105 citations

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  3. MH
    Markus Horning

    Oregon State University, United States

    4 publications · 133 citations

    4

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  4. DM
    D. M. Lavigne

    University of Guelph, Canada

    3 publications · 294 citations

    3

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  5. CR
    Colleen Reichmuth

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    3 publications · 170 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

121

  1. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    528 citations

  3. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

    Salem, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    229 citations

  4. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    229 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    160 citations

  6. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    380 citations

  7. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

    Moss Landing, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    233 citations

  8. Alaska SeaLife Center

    Seward, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    295 citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Mammal Science

    7 publications · 223 citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Biology

    6 publications · 232 citations

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  3. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    6 publications · 594 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Zoology

    5 publications · 280 citations

    5

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  5. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

    PBZ · 3 publications · 113 citations

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