Indirect estimates of wing-propulsion forces in horizontally diving Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica L.)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 816-822

  Johansson, L Christoffer ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BUOYANCY; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

THRUST FORCE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; SEABIRD; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VELOCITY; WING;

AVES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; LARIDAE;

EID: 0041569936     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-058     Document Type: Article

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