Diving behavior of an epipelagically feeding alcid, the Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1249-1256

  Kuroki, Maki ^a,d   Kato, Akiko ^b   Watanuki, Yutaka ^c   Niizuma, Yasuaki ^c,e   Takahashi, Akinori ^c,f   Naito, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Niigata Pref Nagaoka High School   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA RECORDING; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS;

ANIMAL BREEDING; DIVING BEHAVIOR; TIME-DEPTH DATALOGGERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

DEPTH; DIVING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; TEURI ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 0344927211     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-112     Document Type: Article

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