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. 2008 Dec 26;212(2):217–224. doi: 10.1242/jeb.026096

Fig. 9.

Fig. 9.

Air-sac PO2, arterial PO2, venous PO2 and heart rate profiles during shallow (<50 m), approximately 8 min dives of four emperor penguins. Elevations in air-sac, arterial and venous PO2 values and in heart rate all occur within the first 2 min of the dives. Air sac, bird 7 (Stockard et al., 2005); arterial, bird 10; venous, bird 5; heart rate, bird 37 (Meir et al., 2008). b.p.m., beats per min.