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.