Insights from venous oxygen profiles: Oxygen utilization and management in diving California sea lions

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3332-3341

  McDonald, Birgitte I ^a   Ponganis, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood oxygen depletion; Dive; Hemoglobin saturation; Oxygen hemoglobin dissociation curve; P50; PO2

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; P50;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN DEPLETION; DIVE; DIVING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN SATURATION; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN-HEMOGLOBIN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SEAL; VEIN;

BLOOD OXYGEN DEPLETION; DIVE; HEMOGLOBIN SATURATION; OXYGEN-HEMOGLOBIN DISSOCIATION CURVE; P50; PO2;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DIVING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SEA LIONS; VEINS;

EID: 84881532034     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085985     Document Type: Article

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