<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nienaber, Jeanette</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thomton, Jamie</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Horning, Markus</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polasek, Lori</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mellish, Jo-Ann E</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surface temperature patterns in seals and sea lions: A validation of temporal and spatial consistency</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Thermal Biology</style></secondary-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Thermal Biology</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eumetopias jubatus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Harbor seals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infrared thermography (IRT)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phoca vitulina</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Steller sea lions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thermal windows</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">09/2010</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">435-440</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">We assessed infrared thermography (IRT) as a tool for evaluating spatial and temporal surface temperature patterns in juvenile female harbor seals (Phoca vitulina, n=6) and adult female Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus, n=2). Following a technical assessment of the influence of environmental parameters on the specific camera to be used, we identified regional and seasonal variability of surface temperatures. Variation was observed in several seasonal transitions (winter, reproductive, molt) in ten monitored body regions. Spatially and temporally consistent thermal patterns in the shoulder, axillae, foreflipper and hindflipper suggest thermal windows in both species.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>