An exceptionally deep dive by a Little Penguin Eudyptula minor

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-74

  Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a   Chiaradia, Andre ^b   Kato, Akiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Buoyancy; Eudyptula minor; Little Penguin; Phillip Island; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; BUOYANCY; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; THERMOCLINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PHILLIP ISLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33846317115     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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