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Investigation of the Role of Body Shape on an Air Lubrication System Inspired by Penguins [PDF]
BiomimeticsBubble-assisted drag reduction is a promising strategy for improving the energy efficiency of underwater bodies, but its effectiveness depends not only on air injection but also on the ability of the body geometry to retain bubbles close to the surface ...
Arturo Giacobbe +3 more
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Seasonal variation in Aspergillus abundance in captive penguin burrow sands and its implication for aspergillosis risk in Japan [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceBackgroundAspergillosis is a major fungal disease in penguins. However, seasonal variation of Aspergillus spp. in burrow sands and its association with meteorological factors remain poorly characterized, particularly under Japan’s climatic conditions ...
Shiori Takanobu +9 more
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Is Penguin Circovirus Circulating Only in the Antarctic Circle? Lack of Viral Detection in Namibia
Animals, 2023 The known host range of circoviruses is continuously expanding because of more intensive diagnostic activities and advanced sequencing tools. Recently, a new circovirus (penguin circovirus (PenCV)) was identified in the guano and cloacal samples ...
Laura C. Roberts +10 more
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Food falls in the deep northwestern Weddell Sea
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 When pelagic organisms die and fall onto the deep-sea floor they create food falls, i.e., parcels of organic enrichment that subsidize deep benthic scavenging communities. The diversity and quantities of food falls remain unstudied for many ocean regions
Julian B. Stauffer +4 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Quantifying prey characteristics is important for understanding the foraging behaviour of predators, which ultimately influence the structure and function of entire ecosystems. However, information available on prey is often at magnitudes which cannot be
G. J. Sutton, J. P. Y. Arnould
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Body site microbiota of Magellanic and king penguins inhabiting the Strait of Magellan follow species-specific patterns [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Animal hosts live in continuous interaction with bacterial partners, yet we still lack a clear understanding of the ecological drivers of animal-associated bacteria, particularly in seabirds. Here, we investigated the effect of body site in the structure
Manuel Ochoa-Sánchez +6 more
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The Auk, 2004 Abstract The following critiques express the opinions of the individual evaluators regarding the strengths, weaknesses, and value of the books they review. As such, the appraisals are subjective assessments and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or any official policy of the American Ornithologists' Union.
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Behaviourally mediated predation avoidance in penguin prey: in situ evidence from animal-borne camera loggers [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Predator dietary studies often assume that diet is reflective of the diversity and relative abundance of their prey. This interpretation ignores species-specific behavioural adaptations in prey that could influence prey capture.
Jonathan M. Handley +4 more
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Biology Open, 2021 Understanding energy use is central to understanding an animal's physiological and behavioural ecology. However, directly measuring energy expenditure in free-ranging animals is inherently difficult.
G. J. Sutton +3 more
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Veterinary Evidence, 2017 Clinical bottom line:Hypertonic saline appears to be effective in reducing intracranial pressure after traumatic brain injury in dogs in experimental studies.
Alex Tischer, Ava Firth
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