Dive depth and plumage air in wettable birds: the extraordinary case of the imperial cormorant
Cormorants are considered to be remarkably efficient divers and hunters. In part, this is due to their wettable plumage with little associated air, which allows them to dive with fewer energetic costs associated with buoyancy from air in the feathers. The literature attributes particularly exception...
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/103481 |