Drag reduction by air release promotes fast ascent in jumping emperor penguins-a novel hypothesis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 430, Issue , 2011, Pages 171-182

  Davenport, John ^a   Hughes, Roger N ^b   Shorten, Marc ^a   Larsen, Poul S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air lubrication; Bubbly wakes; Emperor penguins; Jumping

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY FORCING; DENSITY; DIVING; DRAG; GRAVITY FIELD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUMAGE; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; SEAWATER; VESSEL; WAKE; WIND VELOCITY;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79957589137     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08868     Document Type: Article

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