External devices on penguins: how important is shape?

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Culik, Boris M., Bannasch, R., Wilson, Rory P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1994
• Subjects: Ardley; Ardley Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/46161/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/46161/1/10.1007_BF00350291.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00350291

Many researchers use external recording or transmitting devices to elucidate the marine ecology of fish, mammals and birds. Deleterious effects of these instruments on the parameters researchers wish to measure are hardly ever discussed in the literature. Research has shown that, in penguins, volume...