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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Marine ecosystems, Wildlife, Coastal ecosystems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Animals/Vertebrates, Marine mammals, Species life history, Bioenergetics, Bears, Metabolism, Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus, Carnivores, Mammals

Resting Metabolic Rates of a Captive Adult Female Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) at the San Diego Zoo

This dataset contains measures of oxygen consumption from an adult female polar bear resting in a metabolic chamber.

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Author(s) Anthony M Pagano orcid
Publication Date 2018-01-08
Beginning Date of Data 2017-02-05
Ending Date of Data 2017-02-08
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XW4H0P
Citation Pagano, A.M., 2018, Resting Metabolic Rates of a Captive Adult Female Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) at the San Diego Zoo: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XW4H0P.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2024-12-18
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