Extreme diving of beaked whales

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4238-4253

  Tyack, Peter L ^a   Johnson, Mark ^a   Soto, Natacha Aguilar ^b   Sturlese, Albert ^c   Madsen, Peter T ^a,d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c University of Aarhus ^*  (Italy)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Beaked whale; Diving; Foraging; Mesoplodon densirostris; Ziphius cavirostris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WHALE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WHALES;

CETACEA; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 33845254765     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02505     Document Type: Article

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