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 record...

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Published in:Journal of Experimental Biology
Main Authors: Meir, Jessica U., Stockard, Torre K., Williams, Cassondra L., Ponganis, Katherine V., Ponganis, Paul J.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Company of Biologists 2008
Subjects:
Research Article
McMurdo Sound
Scholander
Antarc*
Antarctica
Aptenodytes forsteri
Emperor penguins
Online Access:http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/short/211/8/1169
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.013235

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