Physiological responses of king penguins during simulated diving to 136 m depth

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2819-2822

  Ponganis, P J ^a   Kooyman, G L ^a   Van Dam, R ^a   LeMaho, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Air sac; Aptenodytes patagonicus; Blood volume; Dive; Haemoglobin; Heart rate; King penguin; Lung; N2 stores; O2 stores; Pressure

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS;

EID: 0032695479     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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