Development enhances hypometabolism in northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris).
Development enhances hypometabolism in northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris).
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发育增强了北象海豹幼崽(Mirounga angustirostris)的代谢低下。
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2435.12111
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Crocker,DanielE
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文献类型:
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作者:
Tift,MichaelS;Ranalli,ElizabethC;Houser,DorianS;Ortiz,RudyM;Crocker,DanielE
Investigation into the development of oxygen storage capacity in air‐breathing marine predators has been performed, but little is known about the development of regulatory factors that influence oxygen utilization. Strategies for efficiently using oxygen stores should enable marine predators to optimize time spent foraging underwater.We describe the developmental patterns of oxygen use during voluntary breath‐holds in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) at 2 and 7 weeks postweaning. We measured (i) changes in oxygen consumption (VO2) and (ii) changes in venous pH, partial pressure of oxygen (pO2), haemoglobin saturation (sO2), oxygen content (O2ct), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), haematocrit (Hct) and total haemoglobin (tHb). To examine the effect of the dive response on the development of oxygen utilization, voluntary breath‐hold experiments were conducted in and out of water.Suppression of VO2during voluntary breath‐holds increased significantly between 2 and 7 weeks postweaning, reaching a maximum suppression of 53% below resting metabolic rate and 56% below Kleiber's standard metabolic rate. From 2 to 7 weeks postweaning, breath‐hold VO2was reduced by 52%. Between the two age classes, this equates to a mean breath‐hold VO2reduction of 16% from resting VO2. Breath‐hold VO2also declined with increasing breath‐hold duration, but there was no direct effect of voluntary submergence on reducing VO2.Age did not influence rates of venouspO2depletion during breath‐holds. However, voluntary submergence did result in slowerpO2depletion rates when compared with voluntary terrestrial apnoeas. The differences in whole‐body VO2during breath‐holds (measured at recovery) and venouspO2(reflective of tissue O2‐use measured during breath‐holds) likely reflect metabolic suppression in hypoxic, vasoconstricted tissues.ConsistentpCO2values at the end of all voluntary breath‐holds (59·0 ± 0·7 mmHg) suggest the physiological cue for stimulating respiration in northern elephant seal pups is the accumulation of CO2.Oxygen storage capacity and metabolic suppression directly limit diving capabilities and may influence foraging success in low‐weaning weight seals forced to depart to sea prior to achieving full developmental diving capacity.
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影响因子:
2.6
作者:
D. Costa
通讯作者:
D. Costa
影响因子:
2.8
作者:
B. Young;D. Rosen;A. Hindle;M. Haulena;A. Trites
通讯作者:
A. Trites
DOI:
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发表时间:
1992
期刊:
Physiological Zoology
影响因子:
--
作者:
L. Rea;D. Costa
通讯作者:
D. Costa
影响因子:
1.6
作者:
Bennett, K. A.;McConnell, B. J.;Fedak, M. A.
通讯作者:
Fedak, M. A.
DOI:
10.1007/bf00691568
发表时间:
1980-01-01
期刊:
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
影响因子:
--
作者:
KOOYMAN, GL;WAHRENBROCK, EA;SINNETT, EE
通讯作者:
SINNETT, EE