Effect of ocean current on the dead-reckoning estimation of 3-D dive paths of emperor penguins

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-270

  Shiomi, Kozue ^a   Sato, Katsufumi ^b   Mitamura, Hiromichi ^a   Arai, Nobuaki ^a   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c   Ponganis, Paul J ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D dive path; Data logger; Dead reckoning; Emperor penguin; Error direction; Ocean current

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES FORSTERI; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 71849117588     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00087     Document Type: Article

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