Foraging by deep-diving birds is not constrained by an aerobic diving limit: A model of avian depth-dependent diving metabolic rate

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 358-374

  Hansen, Erpur Snær ^a,b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Aerobic diving limit; Buoyancy; Diving metabolic rate; Foraging constraints; Oxygen reserves; Penguins

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

DEPTH; DIVING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; SPHENISCIDAE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842812768     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381943     Document Type: Article

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