Heart rate and energetics of free-ranging king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 3917-3926

  Froget, G ^a,b   Butler, P J ^a   Woakes, A J ^a   Fahlman, A ^a   Kuntz, G ^b   Le Maho, Y ^b   Handrich, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Aptenodytes patagonicus; Diving metabolism; Foraging; Heart rate; King penguin; Seabird

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPHENISCIDAE;

APTENODYTES; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942535244     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01232     Document Type: Article

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