Diving physiology of birds: A history of studies on polar species

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-151

  Ponganis, P J ^a   Kooyman, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Birds; Diving; Heart rate; Myoglobin; Penguin; Pressure; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIVING; HEART RATE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; REVIEW; SWIMMING; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0033883960     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00208-7     Document Type: Review

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