Diving behaviour of African penguins: Do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-160

  Ryan, P G ^a   Petersen, S L ^a   Simeone, A ^b   Gremillet D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

African penguin; Dive angle; Dive depth; Dive duration; Logger impacts; Spheniscus

Indexed keywords

FISH; MARINE ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 34948890484     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.2.1.184     Document Type: Article

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