Convective oxygen transport and tissue oxygen consumption in Weddell seals during aerobic dives

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1091-1113

  Davis, Randall W ^a   Kanatous, Shane B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Convective oxygen transport; Dive response; Leptonycotes weddellii; Marine mammal; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; OXYMYOGLOBIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; DIVING; HEART OUTPUT; KIDNEY; KINETICS; MESENTERY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VEIN;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DIVING; KIDNEY; KINETICS; MESENTERY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEALS, EARLESS; VEINS;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; LEPTONYCOTES; LEPTONYCOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033136205     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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