Stroke patterns and regulation of swim speed and energy cost in free-ranging Brünnich's guillemots

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 4679-4695

  Lovvorn, James R ^a   Watanuki, Yutaka ^b   Kato, Akiko ^c   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c   Liggins, Geoffrey A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird swimming; Buoyancy; Costs of diving; Diving birds; Drag; Guillemots; Stroke patterns; Swim speed

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; FORELIMB; FRICTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIVING; FRICTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; WING;

AVES; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 13144293130     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01331     Document Type: Article

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