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

BACKGROUND: Among the most widespread seabirds in the world, shearwaters of the genus Puffinus are also some of the deepest diving members of the Procellariiformes. Maximum diving depths are known for several Puffinus species, but dive depths or diving behaviour have never been recorded for great sh...

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Main Authors: Robert A Ronconi, Peter G Ryan, Yan Ropert-Coudert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2994869?pdf=render