... limit (ADL). The median duration of presumed foraging dives was 59 min and 5% of dives exceeded 77.7 min. We found no relationship between the longest 5% of dive durations and the following inter-deep dive interval nor any relationship with the ventilation period immediately prior to or following a long...

.... Pregnancy status did not influence blood volume. Mean dive duration, a proxy for physiological demand, increased as a function of how long seals had been at sea, followed by mass and hematocrit. Strong effects of female body mass (range, 218-600 kg) on dive duration, which were independent of oxygen stores...

...B. M. Culik; K. Pütz; R. P. Wilson; D. Allers; J. Lage; C. A. Bost; Y. Le Maho ABSTRACT Dive duration in wild king penguins and the energetic cost of swimming in a 30 m long swim channel were determined at Ile de la Possession, Crozet Archipelago, using external data loggers and respirometry...