Diving of great shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) in cold and warm water regions of the South Atlantic Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Ronconi, Robert A ^a   Ryan, Peter G ^b   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NESTING; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PUFFINUS GRAVIS; SEABIRD; TELEMETRY; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; BIRD; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS GRAVIS;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRDS; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649790288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015508     Document Type: Article

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