Regulation of stroke and glide in a foot-propelled avian diver

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2207-2216

  Watanuki, Yutaka ^a   Takahashi, Akinori ^a,c   Daunt, Francis ^b   Wanless, Sarah ^b   Harris, Mike ^b   Sato, Katsufumi ^c,d   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Buoyancy; Data logger; Dive; Foot stroke; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; Shag

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOT; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SCOTLAND; SWIMMING;

AVES; DIVES (BIRD); PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 21444433335     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01639     Document Type: Article

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