Taking the Bite Out of Winter: Common Murres (Uria aalge) Push Their Dive Limits to Surmount Energy Constraints

Diving seabirds that overwinter at high latitudes experience persistent cold exposure, short days and associated declines in ocean productivity that can challenge their ability to balance daily energy budgets. We used dive-immersion geo-locators to test the hypothesis that pursuit-diving Common murr...

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Main Authors: Chantelle M. Burke, William A. Montevecchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00063/full