Table 1.
Mass, pup status and pup mass, measurement interval, time at sea, total body water (TBW), water influx, and estimates of CO2 production and field metabolic rate (FMR) of 15 adult female California sea lions from San Nicolas and San Miguel Islands
| Sea lion ID | Initial mass (kg) | Final mass (kg) | Pup | Pup mass (kg) | Interval (days) | Time at sea (days) | TBW (%) | H2O influx (ml/kg/day) | CO2 (ml/g/hr) | FMR (W) | FMR (W/kg) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagy | Speakman | Nagy | Speakman | Nagy | Speakman | |||||||||
| San Nicolas | ||||||||||||||
| C2 | 85.4 | 81.2 | Y | 22.2 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 65.0 | 174 | 0.449 | 0.233 | 245.3 | 127.0 | 2.94 | 1.52 |
| C3 | 78.0 | 75.4 | Y | ‐ | 8.1 | 4.2 | 64.7 | 154 | 0.763 | 0.545 | 383.7 | 274.2 | 5.00 | 3.58 |
| C8 | 59.8 | 63.4 | Y | 13.0 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 66.6 | 172 | 0.997 | 0.743 | 402.5 | 300.4 | 6.53 | 4.88 |
| C12 | 78.4 | 79.4 | U | ‐ | 17.1 | 11.0 | 47.5 | 129 | 1.045 | 0.836 | 540.6 | 432.6 | 6.85 | 5.48 |
| C14 | 86.2 | 76.0 | U | ‐ | 11.9 | 8.4 | 64.0 | 83 | 0.774 | 0.628 | 411.5 | 334.1 | 5.07 | 4.12 |
| C16 | 94.2 | 87.0 | Y | ‐ | 14.1 | 8.8 | 63.5 | 130 | 0.880 | 0.678 | 522.7 | 402.9 | 5.77 | 4.45 |
| C18 | 86.0 | 84.8 | Y | ‐ | 11.1 | 7.3 | 65.1 | 139 | 0.713 | 0.510 | 399.1 | 285.6 | 4.67 | 3.34 |
| C20 | 82.8 | 76.2 | U | ‐ | 10.1 | 4.8 | 62.1 | 77 | 0.544 | 0.420 | 283.4 | 219.0 | 3.56 | 2.75 |
| C22 | 95.4 | 83.2 | Y | 8.3 | 11.2 | 7.3 | 63.0 | 127 | 0.969 | 0.763 | 567.4 | 446.7 | 6.35 | 5.00 |
| San Miguel | ||||||||||||||
| WAF2001 | 84.5 | 72.0 | Y | 19.0 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 63.2 | 85 | 0.664 | 0.527 | 340.8 | 270.2 | 4.35 | 3.45 |
| WAF2002 | 85.2 | 79.8 | Y | 13.0 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 62.9 | 142 | 0.606 | 0.415 | 327.7 | 224.3 | 3.97 | 2.72 |
| WAF2007 | 81.8 | 80.2 | Y | 14.8 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 63.6 | 150 | 0.791 | 0.578 | 420.2 | 306.7 | 5.19 | 3.79 |
| WAF2010 | 75.6 | 74.0 | Y | 16.6 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 64.0 | 124 | 0.756 | 0.571 | 370.6 | 279.9 | 4.95 | 3.74 |
| WAF2018 | 86.9 | 79.6 | Y | 19.8 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 64.4 | 122 | 0.662 | 0.486 | 361.5 | 265.3 | 4.34 | 3.18 |
| WAF2025 | 78.9 | 77.9 | Y | 17.2 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 63.4 | 170 | 0.855 | 0.614 | 439.5 | 315.7 | 5.61 | 4.03 |