Buoyancy under control: Underwater locomotor performance in a deep diving seabird suggests respiratory strategies for reducing foraging effort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Cook, Timothée R ^a,b   Kato, Akiko ^c,d   Tanaka, Hideji ^e   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^d   Bost, Charles André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BREATHING; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RESPIRATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 78650065703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009839     Document Type: Article

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