Bradycardia of the Polar Bear

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Folk, Jr., G.E., Berberich, J.J., Sanders, D.K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1973
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal physiology; Animal tagging; Diurnal variations; Diving (Animals); Internal organs; Polar bears; Sleep; Telemetry; Arctic; Scholander; Point Barrow; polar bear
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65952

For several years two male polar bears have been studied by long-life implanted physiological radio capsules at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, at Point Barrow. One of the siblings has consistently been larger than the other. A regular measurement has been the resting heart rate; for this we u...