When cormorants go fishing: the differing costs of hunting for sedentary and motile prey

Cormorants hunt both benthic (sedentary) and pelagic (motile) prey but it is not known if the energy costs of foraging on these prey differ. We used respirometry to measure the costs of diving in double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) foraging either for sedentary (fish pieces) or motile...

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Main Authors: Halsey, Lewis G, White, Craig R, Enstipp, Manfred R, Jones, David R, Martin, Graham R, Butler, Patrick J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2391174/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17623631
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0121
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