Heart rate and plasma lactate responses during submerged swimming and trained diving in California sea lions, Zalophus californianus

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Ponganis, P J ^a   Kooyman, G L ^a   Winter, L M ^a   Starke, L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Blood volume; Myoglobin; Oxygen stores; Swimming speed

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; IMMERSION; LUNG; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; APNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; IMMERSION; LACTIC ACID; LUNG; MUSCLES; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RESPIRATION; SEA LIONS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031030762     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050042     Document Type: Article

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