When foraging becomes unprofitable: Energetics of diving in tidal currents by common eiders wintering in the Arctic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 403, Issue , 2010, Pages 279-290

  Heath, Joel P ^a,c   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diving; Energetics; Foraging; Non linear; Polynyas; Profitability; Somateria mollissima sedentaria; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYNYA; PROFITABILITY; SEABIRD; TIDAL CURRENT;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA SEDENTARIA;

EID: 77954100531     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08482     Document Type: Article

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