The effects of depth, temperature and food ingestion on the foraging energetics of a diving endotherm, the double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 845-859

  Enstipp, Manfred R ^a   Grémillet, David ^a   Jones, David R ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depth; Diving energetics; Double crested cormorant; Heat loss; HIF; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STOMACH; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS ALBOCILIATUS;

EID: 33645293169     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02064     Document Type: Article

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