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Regional variability in diving physiology and behavior in a widely distributed air-breathing marine predator, the South American sea lion Otaria byronia

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of Experimental Biology

Huckstadt, L. A., M. S. Tift, F. Riet-Sapriza, V. Franco-Trecu, A. M. Baylis, R. A. Orben, J. P. Arnould, M. Sepulveda, M. Santos-Carvallo, J. M. Burns, and D. P. Costa

Our understanding of how air-breathing marine predators cope with environmental variability is limited by our inadequate knowledge of their ecological and physiological parameters. Because of their...
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Keywords: Aerobic dive limit, Diving, Oxygen stores, Pinniped, South America

Condition and mass impact oxygen stores and dive duration in adult female northern elephant seals

2009
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

The Journal of Experimental Biology

Hassrick, J., Crocker, D., Teutschel, N., McDonald, B. et al.

The range of foraging behaviors available to deep-diving, air-breathing marine vertebrates is constrained by their physiological capacity to breath-hold dive. We measured body oxygen stores (blood...
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Keywords: Age, Dive duration, Elephant seal, Oxygen stores