Seabird Core Temperatures 

 Table 3. Body temperatures and masses of dead and live birds. 



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Species 



Dead 



Live 





Temperature 



Mass 



Temperature 



Mass 





N °C+1SD 



g+lSD 



N °C+1SD 



g+ 1SD 



Calonectris diomedea 35 39.6 ± 0.9 



591.6 db 81.8 



12 39.5 ±0.7 



577.5 ±66.6 



Puffinus Iherminieri 



35 39.5 ± 1.0 



206.6 ± 20.5 



16 39.9 ±0.9 



208.9 ± 22.7 



Pterodroma hasitata 



9 39.1 ±0.6 



441.5 ±68.8 



3 39.8 ±0.7 



491.1 ±34.6 



Oceanites oceanicus 



25 38.9 ± 1.3 



33.5 ± 3.5 



8 38.6 ± 1.8 



32.2 ± 2.6 



Phalaropus lobatus 



5 39.9 ± 1.1 



37.0 ± 5.9 



5 40.9 ± 1.2 



38.9 ± 6.7 



Phalaropus fulicaria 



14 40.3 ± 1.0 



55.4 ± 9.9 



7 40.9 ±0.9 



51.8 ± 9.0 



Sterna hirundo 



7 40.8 ± 1.1 



118.0± 14.4 



4 41.4±0.8 



127.3 ±20.1 



Sterna anaethetus 



6 40.4 ±0.8 



135.5 ± 15.4 



3 40.6 ± 1.1 



127.6 ± 5.5 



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Fig. 1. Cooling curves of six seabirds of various masses. Zero time is time of 

 death. 1. Pterodroma, 448.9 g. 2. Pterodroma, 459.0 g. 3. Puffinus Iherminieri, 

 221.9 g. 4. Oceanites oceanicus, 39.7 g. 5. Calonectris diomedea, 763.5 g. 6. 

 Puffinus Iherminieri. 232.5 g. 



