Diving Depths and Energy Requirements of King Penguins

During 4- to 8-day periods at sea, half of 2595 dives of three king penguins were more than 50 meters and two dives exceeded 240 meters. The at-sea metabolic rate, estimated from the turnover of tritiated water, was 2.8 times the standard metabolic rate and requires about 2.5 kilograms of squid per...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Kooyman, G. L., Davis, R. W., Croxall, J. P., Costa, D. P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1982
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
King Penguins
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.7100916
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.7100916
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Summary:During 4- to 8-day periods at sea, half of 2595 dives of three king penguins were more than 50 meters and two dives exceeded 240 meters. The at-sea metabolic rate, estimated from the turnover of tritiated water, was 2.8 times the standard metabolic rate and requires about 2.5 kilograms of squid per day. Ten percent or less of the dives may result in prey capture.

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