Olfactory detection of dimethyl sulphide in a krill-eating Antarctic penguin

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 474, Issue , 2013, Pages 277-285

  Amo, Luisa ^a   Rodríguez Gironés, Miguel Ángel ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic penguin; Avian olfaction; Dimethyl sulphide; Pygoscelis antarctica

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CRUSTACEAN; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; OLFACTORY CUE; SEABIRD; SEAWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84874043837     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10081     Document Type: Review

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