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The aquatic world of penguins : biology of fish-birds / / David G Ainley, Rory P Wilson
| The aquatic world of penguins : biology of fish-birds / / David G Ainley, Rory P Wilson |
| Autore | Ainley David G |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 567 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WilsonRory P |
| Collana | Fascinating Life Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN | 3-031-33990-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SECTION I – IN THE BEGINNING -- CHAPTER 1. WADING IN ̶ INTRODUCTION TO THE FISH-BIRD -- General Discussion of Penguins and Substance of the Book -- An Impressive Number of Penguin Species: Evolution of Their Unique Capabilities -- Penguin Species Radiation and the Ontogeny of Their Watery World -- Penguin Evolution: Body Size and Climate -- Penguin Evolution: Radiation into Vacant Niches -- Penguin Evolution: Body Size and Crossing the Sea-Land Boundary -- CHAPTER 2. LAND AHOY! A TIRESOME BUSINESS -- Crossing the Land-Ocean Interface is Affected by Body Size -- Why and How Often do Penguins Come Ashore? -- Tying Land-life to the At-sea Life of Fish-Birds: Foraging and Breeding -- Success Vary with Prey Availability -- Molt ̶Necessary, Brief Respite from the Sea -- SECTION II – PENGUIN MARINE HAUNTS AND FOOD HABITS -- CHAPTER 3.FISH-BIRDS AT HOME IN THEIR OCEAN HABITATS -- Oceanographic Fronts and Water Masses Important to Penguins: General Discussion -- Penguins Require High Productivity Water Masses -- Large Scale: Oceanographic Boundaries and At-sea Distributions of Penguins -- Southern Boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current -- Emperor and King penguins -- Adélie and Chinstrap penguins -- Antarctic Polar Front and Subantarctic Front -- Gentoo and Yellow-eyed penguins -- Macaroni and Royal penguins -- Northern and Southern Rockhopper, Fiordland, Snares penguins -- Subtropical Front and Continental Boundary Currents -- Galápagos, Humboldt, Magellanic, African penguins -- Little penguins -- Meso- and Small-Scale Ocean Processes Facilitating Penguin Exploits -- Island wakes -- Headland wakes -- Shelves and banks -- Submarine canyons -- Shelfbreak fronts -- Marginal ice zones -- Thermo-/haloclines -- CHAPTER 4. SEA FOOD ̶ THE FISH-BIRD MENU -- General Considerations -- Diet Quality: Survival in Cold Water -- Energy density of prey -- Prey size may or may not differ by penguin size -- Prey availability -- Diet Comparison among Penguin Species -- Polar/subpolar, mesopelagic penguins -- Subpolar, demersal/benthic, continental-shelf penguins -- Temperate, upper water column, continental-insular shelf penguins -- Polar, upper water column, continental shelf/slope penguins -- Subpolar, upper water column, continental slope/pelagic penguins -- Polar, upper water column, continental slope/pelagic penguins -- CHAPTER 5. ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF DIET COMPOSITION -- Intraspecific Competition among Penguins -- Foraging Range is Key: General Discussion -- Penguin Species’ Central-Place Foraging Range Patterns -- Sex Differences in Foraging -- Interspecific Competition Involving Penguins -- Penguins Eat A lot! -- Competition between Penguin Species -- Competition between penguins and other seabirds -- Competition between penguins and marine mammals -- Competition between penguins and industrial fisheries -- SECTION III – THE HARDWARE OF A FISH-BIRD -- CHAPTER 6. THE SLIPPERY SHAPE, HOT AIR AND THE POWERHOUSE – HOW FISH-BIRDS SWIM -- Water – Hard Taskmaster -- The Four Forces Relevant to Penguins -- Vertical Forces – Weight and Upthrust -- Buoyancy: How Much Air Do Penguins Hold? -- Buoyancy and Bergmann’s Rule revisited -- Horizontal Forces: Drag -- The Interplay of Drag and Upthrust in Gliding Penguins -- The Drag Devil is in the Detail -- The Penguin Powerhouse -- How Penguins Swim -- The Effect of Upthrust and Body Angle on Penguin Thrust and Lift Forces -- Top Speeds; Power and Upthrust -- The Energy Costs of Swimming -- General considerations -- Specific considerations -- ’Sensible’ Swim Strategies and Costs of Transport -- Cruising speed and integrating speed with the cost of transport, -- and beyond -- CHAPTER 7. HOT PENGUINS ̶ COLD WATER -- Resting and Floating Penguins -- The Metabolic Rate of Floating Penguins -- Patterns of Heat Loss to the Sea -- Overall Body Insulation/Conductance -- The Nature of Penguin Insulation -- Active Penguins -- Activity Produces Heat -- Greater Depths Impose a Higher Heat Tax -- Consuming Prey Imposes a Heat Tax -- Embracing The Fish in the Fish-bird -- CHAPTER 8. FISH-BIRDS – THE INSIDE STORY -- Diving Physiology -- Surface issues – Uptake of oxygen -- Oxygen Management Underwater -- Role of the Air Spaces -- Gas Exchange to Body Tissues -- The Aerobic Dive Limit and Beyond -- The Importance of Size in Dive Performance -- Duration -- Depth -- Penguins Under Pressure – Beating the Squeeze and the Bends -- Barotrauma -- Beating the Bends -- A Gut Reaction in Fish-Birds -- Gastric Emptying -- Rotting Food -- The Eyes Have It -- SECTION IV – THE SOFTWARE OF FISH-BIRDS -- CHAPTER 9. EMBRACING THE DEPTHS - THE PENGUIN DIVE -- Submergence -- The time underwater – basic dive descriptors -- Dive profiles -- Dive distance-depth profiles -- Dive aspect ratios -- Horizontal dive directionality/tortuosity -- The Multifunctionality of Dives -- Basic dive types -- T-dives for travelling -- V-dives (water column assessment) -- P-dives (parabolic – prospecting with no prey capture) -- Po-dives (parabolic dives with circular trajectory) -- U-dives (depth-directed prospecting) -- W-dives/Up-dives (U-dives with prey pursuit) -- Depth Duration Effects Over Multiple Dives -- CHAPTER 10. FISH-BIRD STRATEGIES ̶ THE SEARCH FOR FICKLE PREY -- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions – How Fish-Birds Search for Prey -- Heading in the Right Direction -- Dealing with Prey Patchiness -- In-depth Considerations: -- Time-based efficiency -- Energy-based efficiency -- Superficial Considerations: Surface Pauses and Inspired Tactics -- Being Picky about Food -- Fish-Birds and Smart Strategies -- CHAPTER 11. THE FINAL SECONDS – HOW FISH-BIRDS CAPTURE PREY -- Prey Acquisition, a Departure from the Dive ‘Norm’ -- Performance Metrics for Prey Capture -- Catching Solitary Prey -- Changing buoyancy with depth affects prey capture strategies -- Prey pursuit against interfaces -- Exploiting Aggregated Prey -- Crustaceans -- Fish -- Non-corralling feeding behavior -- Clarity on Limitations of Penguin Vision -- SECTION V – PENGUINS IN A FICKLE ENVIRONMENT -- CHAPTER 12. TURNING THE TABLES – FISH-BIRDS ON THE MENU -- Basic Law of the Sea: Big Fish Eat Little Fish -- Seals as Predators -- Seals’ hunting behavior -- Penguins avoiding seals -- Fur Seals as Predators -- Sea Lions as Predators -- Killer Whales as Predators -- Sharks as Predators -- CHAPTER 13. PENGUINS ADJUSTING TO A CHANGING OCEAN -- Penguins Have Always Been Challenged by a Changing Ocean -- Prehistoric response to a changing ocean -- Possible prehistoric changes to penguins’ food web -- The Anthropocene: How will Penguins Cope, Now Also Dealing with Humans? -- Response to long-term climate change -- Response to short-term ocean climate variation -- Response to marine pollution -- CHAPTER 14. NOT FORGETTING ̶ -- The Social Side - Behavior and Communication at Sea -- Penguin flock fusion/cohesion -- Penguin flock fission/fragmentation -- Navigation -- Long range -- Medium to short-range -- Understanding the Daily ‘Wash’ -- Air flux in diving penguins, an aspect of ‘washing’ -- Are Auks Really ‘Northern Penguins’? -- Research Tags – the Flip Side for Evolutionarily-Honed Fish-Birds -- SECTION VI -- CHAPTER 15. PENGUINS ̶ WHY THE HYPE? -- Sources of Hype -- Us -- Many people -- Researchers -- The Transition -- The fascination of species -- Beyond the transition -- Role in Ecosystems -- Biomimicry -- Our Last Word. |
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Ainley David G
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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Penguin / / Meredith Costain ; illustrated by Gary Hanna
| Penguin / / Meredith Costain ; illustrated by Gary Hanna |
| Autore | Costain Meredith |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Windmill Books, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (34 pages) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Collana | Wild World |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN | 1-4994-8225-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158639603321 |
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Costain Meredith
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| New York, NY : , : Windmill Books, , [2017] | ||
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Penguin [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Martin
| Penguin [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Martin |
| Autore | Martin Stephen <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Collana | Animal |
| Soggetto topico |
Penguins
Animals and civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-79616-X
9786612796166 1-86189-751-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Penguin Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Penguin Facts on File; 2 Voyages of Discovery; 3 Sealers and Zoo Collectors; 4 Antarctica to Animation; 5 Tourism, Films, Food; Conclusion; Penguin Species; Timeline of the Penguin; References; Select Bibliography; Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459655503321 |
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Martin Stephen <1951->
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Penguin [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Martin
| Penguin [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Martin |
| Autore | Martin Stephen <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Collana | Animal |
| Soggetto topico |
Penguins
Animals and civilization |
| ISBN |
1-282-79616-X
9786612796166 1-86189-751-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Penguin Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Penguin Facts on File; 2 Voyages of Discovery; 3 Sealers and Zoo Collectors; 4 Antarctica to Animation; 5 Tourism, Films, Food; Conclusion; Penguin Species; Timeline of the Penguin; References; Select Bibliography; Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785465603321 |
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Martin Stephen <1951->
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| London, : Reaktion, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Penguin [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Martin
| Penguin [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Martin |
| Autore | Martin Stephen <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Collana | Animal |
| Soggetto topico |
Penguins
Animals and civilization |
| ISBN |
1-282-79616-X
9786612796166 1-86189-751-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Penguin Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Penguin Facts on File; 2 Voyages of Discovery; 3 Sealers and Zoo Collectors; 4 Antarctica to Animation; 5 Tourism, Films, Food; Conclusion; Penguin Species; Timeline of the Penguin; References; Select Bibliography; Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821859803321 |
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Martin Stephen <1951->
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| London, : Reaktion, 2009 | ||
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Penguin island / / Anatole France ; illustrated by Frank C. Papé
| Penguin island / / Anatole France ; illustrated by Frank C. Papé |
| Autore | France Anatole |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Mineola, New York : , : Dover Publications, Inc., , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 813.54 |
| Collana | Dover Thrift Editions |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN | 0-486-81339-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157439203321 |
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France Anatole
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| Mineola, New York : , : Dover Publications, Inc., , 2016 | ||
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Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot
| Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot |
| Autore | Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 pages) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4725-9680-3
1-282-72385-5 9786612723858 1-4081-3330-X 1-4081-2820-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Penguin evolution: an historical perspective; Chapter 3 - Penguins today; Chapter 4 - Living in two worlds; Chapter 5 - A place to breed; Chapter 6 - Mate selection and courtship; Chapter 7 - Parental investment; Chapter 8 - Moult and migration; Chapter 9 - Conservation; Notes; References; Plates |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460008403321 |
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Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954->
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| New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 | ||
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Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot
| Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot |
| Autore | Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 pages) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN |
1-4725-9680-3
1-282-72385-5 9786612723858 1-4081-3330-X 1-4081-2820-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Penguin evolution: an historical perspective; Chapter 3 - Penguins today; Chapter 4 - Living in two worlds; Chapter 5 - A place to breed; Chapter 6 - Mate selection and courtship; Chapter 7 - Parental investment; Chapter 8 - Moult and migration; Chapter 9 - Conservation; Notes; References; Plates |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785278403321 |
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Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954->
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| New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 | ||
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Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot
| Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot |
| Autore | Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 pages) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN |
1-4725-9680-3
1-282-72385-5 9786612723858 1-4081-3330-X 1-4081-2820-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Penguin evolution: an historical perspective; Chapter 3 - Penguins today; Chapter 4 - Living in two worlds; Chapter 5 - A place to breed; Chapter 6 - Mate selection and courtship; Chapter 7 - Parental investment; Chapter 8 - Moult and migration; Chapter 9 - Conservation; Notes; References; Plates |
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Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954->
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Penguins : the animal answer guide / / Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch
| Penguins : the animal answer guide / / Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch |
| Autore | Kooyman Gerald L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : The Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LynchWayne |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-1052-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Introducing Penguins""; ""What are penguins?""; ""Why are penguins important?""; ""Why should people care about penguins?""; ""How many kinds of penguins are there?""; ""What is the current classification of penguins?""; ""What characterizes the major groups of penguins?""; ""Why are there no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere?""; ""Where do penguins live?""; ""Are there fossil penguins?""; ""When did penguins first evolve?""; ""What is the oldest fossil penguin?""; ""What is the largest fossil penguin?""
""2 Form and Function""""What are the largest and smallest living penguins?""; ""What is the basic structure of penguins?""; ""What is the metabolism of a penguin?""; ""Do penguins have teeth?""; ""Do penguins sleep?""; ""Can penguins see color?""; ""Do penguins molt?""; ""Can penguins run?""; ""Why do penguins have flippers?""; ""Can penguins breathe under water?""; ""Do penguins need to drink?""; ""3 Penguin Colors""; ""Why are penguins black and white?""; ""What causes the different color patterns of penguins?""; ""What color are penguin feet?""; ""What color are a penguin�s eyes?"" ""Do penguins� color patterns change as they grow?""""Do a penguin�s colors change from season to season?""; ""Is there much geographic color variation in a single penguin species?""; ""4 Penguin Behavior""; ""Are penguins social?""; ""Do penguins fight?""; ""Do penguins bite?""; ""How smart are penguins?""; ""Do penguins play?""; ""Do penguins talk?""; ""How do penguins avoid predators?""; ""5 Penguin Ecology""; ""Where do penguins sleep?""; ""Do penguins migrate?""; ""Are penguins good divers?""; ""How fast do penguins swim, and how fast can they swim?"" ""Which regions have the most species of penguins?""""How do penguins survive the extreme cold?""; ""How do penguins survive the winter?""; ""Do penguins get too hot?""; ""Do penguins have enemies?""; ""Do penguins get sick?""; ""How can you tell if a penguin is sick?""; ""Are penguins good for the environment?""; ""6 Reproduction and Development""; ""How do penguins reproduce?""; ""Where do penguins lay their eggs?""; ""Does a penguin nest at the same time and in the same place every year?""; ""Do penguins nest only one time a year?""; ""How many eggs do penguins lay?"" ""Are all hatchlings in a penguin nest full siblings?""""Are all penguins in a colony related to one another?""; ""How is the sex of a penguin determined?""; ""How long do penguins care for their young?""; ""How fast do penguins grow?""; ""How can you tell the age of a penguin?""; ""How long do penguins live?""; ""7 Food and Feeding""; ""What do penguins eat?""; ""Do penguins chew their food?""; ""How do penguins find food?""; ""Are any penguins scavengers?""; ""Do penguins ever store their food?""; ""8 Penguins and Humans""; ""Do people ever have pet penguins?"" ""How do you take care of a pet penguin?"" |
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Kooyman Gerald L
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