... in their ‘osmoregulatory machinery’, but the metabolic consequences of salinity acclimatization are still not well understood. We investigated the effects of salinity on basal metabolic rate (BMR), body mass and daily energy consumption of a long-distance migratory shorebird, the dunlin ( Calidris alpina ), outside...

...John P. Kelly; Nils Warnock; Gary W. Page; Wesley W. Weathers SUMMARY We investigated the influence of changes in weather associated with winter storms on mass balance, activity and food consumption in captive dunlin (C alidris alpina ) held in outdoor aviaries, and compared the aviary results...