To what extent might N2 limit dive performance in king penguins?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3344-3355

  Fahlman, A ^a   Schmidt, A ^b   Jones, D R ^a   Bostrom, B L ^a   Handrich, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Breath hold diving; Decompression sickness; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 35848948391     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.008730     Document Type: Article

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