There was an error in J. Exp. Biol. (2016) 219, 2828-2836 (doi:10.1242/jeb.143644).

The mathematics used in Eqn 2 in the blood oxygen storage portion of our calculated aerobic dive limit (cADL) shown below:
did not adequately represent the assumptions of Ponganis (2011), where on pp. 453–454 he described the oxygenation of the venous blood as follows: (i) one-third of the blood volume is arterial and two-thirds are venous; (ii) initial arterial Hb saturation is 95% and final arterial Hb saturation is 20%; (iii) initial venous O2 content is 5 ml dl−1 less than 95% saturated Hb and final venous O2 content is zero; and (iv) the oxygen-binding capacity of hemoglobin is 1.34 ml O2 g−1 Hb at 100% saturation.
The revised equation below is the accurate mathematical interpretation of these assumptions:
where venous O2 is in l, blood volume (BV) is in l kg−1, body mass (M) is in kg, Hb concentration ([Hb]) is in g l−1 blood and the oxygen-binding capacity of hemoglobin is 1.34 ml O2 g−1 Hb.

Tables 13 show the original and revised calculations for blood and total oxygen storage capacity, cADLs and maximum attainable depth for each cADL, as well as search times for dive depths of 200, 300 and 400 m.

The estimated blood and total oxygen storage capacity and cADLs are not largely impacted by using the revised equation, and the major findings and conclusions of the paper remain the same.

The authors apologize to readers for any inconvenience caused.

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