Aptenodytes patagonicus
Diving energetics in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
... (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and their congeners, emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), are the largest of all diving birds and thus have exceptional diving ...genus Aptenodytes have low ...
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Are stress hormone levels a good proxy of foraging success? An experiment with King Penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus
... In seabirds, variations in stress hormone (corticosterone; henceforth CORT) levels have been shown to reflect changing marine conditions and, especially, changes in food availability. However, it remains unclear how CORT ...
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Microplastic study reveals the presence of natural and synthetic fibres in the diet of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) foraging from South Georgia
... Marine ecosystems are experiencing substantial disturbances due to climate change and over fi shing, and plastic pollution is an additional growing threat. Microfibres are among the most pervasive pollutants in the marine ...
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Modulation of heart rate response to acute stressors throughout the breeding season in the king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
... King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller 1778) were studied on Possession Island, Crozet Archipelago (46°25 ′ S, 51°45 ′ E). Their breeding cycle is discussed at length elsewhere (Stonehouse, 1960; ...
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Localisation of an acoustic signal in a noisy environment: the display call of the king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
... penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus (Miller 1778) were studied at Possession island, Crozet archipelago (46°25′S, 51°45′E) from December 1995 to January 1996 and at Kerguelen Island (49°14′S, 70°33′E) in March ...
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Differential muscular myosin heavy chain expression of the pectoral and pelvic girdles during early growth in the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick
... (Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, JF 1778) were collected immediately after being stolen and/or killed by predators [sub- Antarctic skuas (Catharacta lonnbergi) for eggs and chicks, or giant petrels ...
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The oxidative debt of fasting: evidence for short to medium term costs of advanced fasting in adult king penguins
... In this study, we test for links between prolonged fasting and oxidative stress in a long-lived seabird, the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller 1778), for which fasting is a natural and important ...
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Orientation in a crowded environment: can King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chicks find their crèches after a displacement?
... (Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller 1778) from December 2007 to January 2008 at a colony situated at Cape Ratmanoff, Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen Island (70 ...
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Heart rate and energetics of free ranging king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
... penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller 1778 used in the study were breeding at the colony of ‘La Baie du Marin’, a few hundred metres from the research ...
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The heart rate/oxygen consumption relationship during cold exposure of the king penguin: a comparison with that during exercise
... –4.9 °C, there was no difference in the relationship obtained between the OP and body condition NI Key words: heart rate, oxygen consumption, penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, exercise, [r] ...
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Brooding in Psolus patagonicus (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Argentina, SW Atlantic Ocean
... Samples were collected oV Mar del Plata (39°24⬘78⬙S and 55°56 ⬘ 70 ⬙ W; Fig. 1), during 14 research cruises aboard the FRV Capitán Cánepa of the Instituto Nacional de Investiga- ción y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP) ...
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Forelimb muscle and joint actions in Archosauria: insights from Crocodylus johnstoni (Pseudosuchia) and Mussaurus patagonicus (Sauropodomorpha)
... sauropodomorph Mussaurus patagonicus) modes of forelimb function. We compare these two locomotor extremes in terms of the reconstructed musculoskeletal anatomy, ranges of motion of the forelimb joints and the ...
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Returning on empty: extreme blood O2 depletion underlies dive capacity of emperor penguins
... In the austral springs of 2001 and 2003–2005, non-breeding emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri Gray; 20–30·kg in body mass) were captured on the sea ice of McMurdo Sound or at Terra Nova Bay near Cape ...
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The foraging ecology of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) at two Mawson coast colonies, Antarctica
... The aims of the study were to determine: 1 the population size and reproductive success of emperor penguins breeding at Auster and Taylor Glacier, 2 the energy assimilation efficiency of[r] ...
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The foraging ecology of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) at two Mawson coast colonies, Antarctica
... The food and energy requirements of adult emperor penguins parenting chicks were examined at Auster about 11,000 pairs and Taylor Glacier about 2,900 pairs colonies during the winter, sp[r] ...
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First record of the emerging global pest Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from continental Asia
... B. patagonicus is considered to be a major pest due to the nuisance the species creates in entering buildings (Mac- Gown et ...B. patagonicus has been recorded as one of the most frequent and abundant ...
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Revision of Amygdalodon patagonicus Cabrera, 1947(Dinosauria, Sauropoda)
... The type material of the oldest known sauropod dinosaur from South America, Amygdulodon patagonicus, from the Cerro Carnerero Formation (Toarcian-Bajocian) of Chubut[r] ...
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Ontogenetic changes in the body plan of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Mussaurus patagonicus reveal shifts of locomotor stance during growth
... Mussaurus patagonicus was a sauropodomorph dinosaur close to the origin of Sauropoda known from hatchling, juvenile and mature specimens, providing a sufficiently complete ontogenetic series to reconstruct general ...
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