Foraging in the Darkness of the Southern Ocean: Influence of Bioluminescence on a Deep Diving Predator

Jade Vacquié-Garcia; François Royer; Anne-Cécile Dragon; Morgane Viviant; Frédéric Bailleul; Christophe Guinet

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043565

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Foraging in the Darkness of the Southern Ocean: Influence of Bioluminescence on a Deep Diving Predator

Jade Vacquié-Garcia ,

* E-mail: jadevacquiegarcia@gmail.com

Affiliation Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UPR 1934, Villiers-en-bois, France
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François Royer,

Affiliation Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), Ramonville Saint-Agne, France
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Anne-Cécile Dragon,

Affiliation Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UPR 1934, Villiers-en-bois, France
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Morgane Viviant,

Affiliation Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UPR 1934, Villiers-en-bois, France
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Frédéric Bailleul,

Affiliation Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UPR 1934, Villiers-en-bois, France
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Christophe Guinet

Affiliation Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UPR 1934, Villiers-en-bois, France
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Foraging in the Darkness of the Southern Ocean: Influence of Bioluminescence on a Deep Diving Predator

Jade Vacquié-Garcia,
François Royer,
Anne-Cécile Dragon,
Morgane Viviant,
Frédéric Bailleul,
Christophe Guinet

Published: August 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043565

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