The energy assimilation efficiency of emperor penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, fed a diet of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Kirkwood, Roger ^a   Robertson, Graham ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPHASIA SUPERBA;

EID: 0030960560     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639535     Document Type: Article

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