… of forced submersion (Elsner, 1965). This study … trained animals to measure MR under
standard conditions and as a function of submersion duration in an otariid, the California sea lion …

… prior measurements of at-sea metabolic rates of sea lions, is 1.8–2 … However, submersion
durations during our experiments … ’’ metabolic rate [total O2 consumed during surface interval/(…

… Standard metabolic Fahlman, A., Svärd, C., Rosen, DAS, Wilson… rate at the surface and during
trained submersions in Trites, AW … adult California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). bolic …

… metabolic rate in wild and trained Southern sea lions while … to breathe under a plexiglass
dome mounted at the surface of … for smaller (23 kg), subadult California sea lions (0.12 ml O 2 …

… To calculate P SMR , we used a standard metabolic rate (… positive buoyancy near the surface,
and gradually reduced this … effort of adult female California sea lions during descents and …

… the submersion period. More recently, a limited number of … between changes in metabolic
rates during dives and dive depth … We attempted to run training trials for the sea lions at each …

… GIS, Shawn Kramer for training me on the myoglobin assay, … , and surface behaviors among
individual male sea lions based … estimates of metabolic rate, high metabolic rate resulting in …

… of CSL standard metabolic rate RMS – root mean square … I used controlled feeding trials
with two trained adult CSLs in a … the dorsal surface of the skull. In each experimental trial, the …

… for theirinvaluable advice and training. A special recognition … a partitionbetween air at the
surface and their prey located at … cADLs were based on diving metabolic rate (MR) and resting …

… the metabolic rate of sea lions from measured acceleration and dive characteristics (dive
depth and duration) using trained sea lions … submersions in adult California sea lions (Zalophus …