Swim speeds and stroke patterns in wing-propelled divers: A comparison among alcids and a penguin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1217-1230

  Watanuki, Yutaka ^a   Wanless, Sarah ^b   Harris, Mike ^b   Lovvorn, James R ^c   Miyazaki, Masamine ^d,f   Tanaka, Hideji ^a   Sato, Katsufumi ^e,g  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f 3 328 A202 ^*  (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Buoyancy; Data logger; Swimming mode; Wing stroke

Indexed keywords

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; GLISENTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; FORELIMB; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZAMIDES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CYCLOPENTANES; DIVING; SPHENISCIDAE; SWIMMING; WING;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; AVES; CERORHINCA; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; CICONIIFORMES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; LARIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 33646425846     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02128     Document Type: Article

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