Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1609, 2007, Pages 471-477

  Sato, Katsufumi ^a   Watanuki, Yutaka ^b   Takahashi, Akinori ^c   Miller, Patrick J O ^a,d   Tanaka, Hideji ^b   Kawabe, Ryo ^e   Ponganis, Paul J ^f   Handrich, Yves ^g   Akamatsu, Tomonari ^h   Watanabe, Yuuki ^a   Mitani, Yoko ⁱ   Costa, Daniel P ^j   Bost, Charles André ^g   Aoki, Kagari ^a   Amano, Masao ^a   Trathan, Phil ^k   Shapiro, Ari ^l   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^l WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Accelerometer; Dive; Free ranging; Optimal; Power spectral density; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BODY SIZE; CETACEAN; CONTRACTION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE; PINNIPED; SEABIRD; SWIMMING;

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CETACEA; DIVING; FORELIMB; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEABIRD; SEAL; SPERM WHALE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CETACEA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PHYSETERIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; CETACEA; PINNIPEDIA; SWIMMING;

EID: 34249933415     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0005     Document Type: Article

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