Assessing performance constraints in penguins with externally-attached devices

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 333, Issue , 2007, Pages 281-289

  Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^b   Yoda, Ken ^c,d   Kato, Akiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguins; Bio logging; Data logger impact; Diving performance; Foraging; Pygoscelis adeliae; Spheniscids; Swim speed

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DIVING BEHAVIOR; MONITORING SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SEABIRD; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 34247143298     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps333281     Document Type: Article

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