Heart rate regulation and extreme bradycardia in diving emperor penguins

To investigate the diving heart rate (f(H)) response of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), the consummate avian diver, birds diving at an isolated dive hole in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica were outfitted with digital electrocardiogram recorders, two-axis accelerometers and time depth recorders...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of experimental biology 2008-04, Vol.211 (Pt 8), p.1169-1179
Hauptverfasser:	Meir, Jessica U, Stockard, Torre K, Williams, Cassondra L, Ponganis, Katherine V, Ponganis, Paul J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Aptenodytes forsteri Bradycardia - physiopathology Diving - physiology Electrocardiography Exhalation - physiology Heart Rate - physiology Ice Cover Inhalation - physiology Marine Rest - physiology Spheniscidae - physiology
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