Heart rates of emperor penguins diving at sea: Implications for oxygen store management

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-98

  Wright, Alexandra K ^a   Ponganis, Katherine V ^a   McDonald, Birgitte I ^a   Ponganis, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Diving physiology; ECG; Electrocardiogram; Emperor penguin; Gas exchange; Heart rate; Oxygen store management; Peripheral perfusion

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIVING; GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEABIRD;

EID: 84893379328     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10592     Document Type: Article

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