The influence of locomotion on air-sac pressures in little penguins

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 3581-3586

  Boggs, D F ^a   Baudinette, R V ^a   Frappell, P B ^a   Butler, P J ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sac pressure; Diving; Eudyptula minor; Little penguin; Locomotion; Walking

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING; WALKING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AIR SACS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESSURE; SWIMMING; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WALKING; WING;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; AVES; AYTHYA; CORVIDAE; EUDYPTULA; EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0035746194     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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