Seeing the light: Depth and time restrictions in the foraging capacity of emperor penguins at pointe géologie, Antarctica

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-226

  Zimmer, Ilka ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^b   Beaulieu, Michaël ^c   Ancel, André ^c   Plötz, Joachim ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Depth time availability; Emperor penguins; Foraging; Light intensity

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 76149140893     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00082     Document Type: Article

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