Ethics and animal experiments

There is great biological interest in the birds and marine mammals of Antarctica. They are numerous, obvious and apparently well adapted to an extreme and highly seasonal environment. What specific ecological and physiological adaptations have made them so successful? In pursuit of the answers to th...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Author: Walton, D. W. H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1993
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102093000173
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102093000173
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Summary:There is great biological interest in the birds and marine mammals of Antarctica. They are numerous, obvious and apparently well adapted to an extreme and highly seasonal environment. What specific ecological and physiological adaptations have made them so successful? In pursuit of the answers to this biologists, over many decades, have undertaken a wide variety of experiments on seals and birds—especially penguins.

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