Surface pauses in relation to dive duration in imperial cormorants; how much time for a breather?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1789-1796

  Wilson, Rory P ^a   Quintana, Flavio ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diving; Imperial cormorant; Oxygen saturation curve; Phalacrocorax atriceps; Surface interval between dives; Time optimization

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIRDS; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS;

EID: 3042648636     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00967     Document Type: Article

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