Adjustment of submerged swimming to changes in buoyancy in cormorants

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-396

  Ribak, G ^a,b   Klein, N ^a,c   Weihs, D ^a   Arad, Z ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^c ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT; SWIMMING;

BIODIVERSITY;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIRD; BUOYANCY; PLUMAGE; RESPIRATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS;

EID: 33744963122     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z06-008     Document Type: Article

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