Thermoregulation of the North American Mink during Rest and Activity in the Aquatic Environment

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrie M. Williams
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
American Mink ◽  
The North

Skeleton of Extinct North American Sea Mink (Mustela macrodon)

2000 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim I. Mead ◽  
Arthur E. Spiess ◽  
Kristin D. Sobolik
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
American Mink ◽  
Shell Middens ◽  
Northeastern North America ◽  
The North ◽  
Coastal Island ◽  
Alexander Archipelago

AbstractMustela macrodon (extinct sea mink) is known only from prehistoric and historic Native American shell middens dating less than 5100 years old along coastal islands of the Gulf of Maine, northeastern North America. The species is distinct from all known extant subspecies of M. vison (American mink) but still belongs to the North American subgenus Vison. Metric comparisons between M. macrodon and five subspecies of M. vison, using skull, mandible, humerus, radius, femur, and tibia skeletal elements, show that M. macrodon is larger in overall size and robustness and is proportionately larger in the dental region. Many habitat-related parallels exist between coastal island mink of the Gulf of Maine and those of the Alexander Archipelago, southeastern Alaska, where the overall largest living subspecies of mink is found (M. v. nesolestes).

Locomotion in the North American mink, a semi-aquatic mammal. I. Swimming energetics and body drag

1983 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Williams
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
American Mink ◽  
Aquatic Mammal ◽  
Shape Characteristic ◽  
The North ◽  
Aquatic Locomotion ◽  
High Speeds ◽  
Body Drag ◽  
Terrestrial Environments ◽  
Total Body

Oxygen consumption (VO2) during surface swimming and total body drag were investigated in the North American mink, Mustela vision Schreber. Over the range of 0.13-0.70 ms-1, VO2 increased curvilinearly with speed for minks swimming against a current in a water flume. Similarly, body drag of a mink carcass increased non-linearly with speed and was described by the equation, Drag = 1.24 velocity. A streamlined body shape, characteristic of many mustelids, aided in reducing drag at high speeds. Net swimming efficiencies were comparatively low (less than 2.8%) and were attributed to hig levels of drag when on the water surface and the absence of appendage specialization for aquatic locomotion. This lack of specialization probably contributes to high energetic costs but enables the mink to forage in both the aquatic and terrestrial environments.

scholarly journals Chemical immobilisation of the wild Patagonian otter (Lontra provocax) and the North American mink (Neovison vison)

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Macarena Barros-Lama, ◽  
Claudio Azat, ◽  
Rodolfo Tardone, ◽  
Gonzalo Medina-Vogel*
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
American Mink ◽  
Neovison Vison ◽  
The North ◽  
Lontra Provocax

1588: The Bicalutamide Early Prostate Cancer Program: Findings of the North American Trial at 7.7 Years' Median Follow-Up

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 511-512
Author(s):  
David G. McLeod ◽  
Ira Klimberg ◽  
Donald Gleason ◽  
Gerald Chodak ◽  
Thomas Morris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
North American ◽  
Early Prostate Cancer ◽  
The North ◽  
Cancer Program
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