Oxygen stores and foraging behavior of two sympatric, planktivorous alcids

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-235

  Elliott, Kyle Hamish ^a   Shoji, Akiko ^b   Campbell, Kevin L ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient murrelet; Cassin's auklet; Haida gwaii; Hemoglobin; Myoglobin; Ptychoramphus aleuticus; Reef island; Synthliboramphus antiquus

Indexed keywords

ALCIDAE; AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; LARUS; PHOCIDAE; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS ANTIQUUS;

EID: 77949601367     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00236     Document Type: Article

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