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WeddellSeals: Energetic Cost of Diving

Description

Comparison of oxygen consumption in feeding vs. non-feeding dives of the same length in the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii).

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 10 observations on the following 3 variables.
individual
a numeric vector
oxygen.use.nonfeeding
a numeric vector
oxygen.use.feeding
a numeric vector

Source

Williams, T.M., L.A. Fuiman, M. Horning, and R.W. Davis. 2004. The cost of foraging by a marine predator, the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii: pricing by the stroke. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 973-982.

References

http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/207/6/973

Examples

Run this code
xyplot(oxygen.use.nonfeeding ~ oxygen.use.feeding, WeddellSeals)

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