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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2021

Diving physiology of marine mammals and birds: the development of biologging techniques.

Cassondra L Williams, Paul J Ponganis

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. From electrocardiography to energetics: methods, constraints, and practical considerations for heart rate biologging in small animals.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2026
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  2. Heart rate and sub-blubber temperature in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) measured during the moult and post-moult using implantable loggers.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2026
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  3. Methods to estimate marine functional connectivity: A primer.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2026
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  4. Heart rates of Steller sea lions drop slowly and oscillate while diving.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2026
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  13. Aquatic environments change the cardiac morphology of dolphins.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2023
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  16. What is physiologging? Introduction to the theme issue, part 2.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021
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  17. Future trends in measuring physiology in free-living animals.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021
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  18. Heart rate as a measure of emotional arousal in evolutionary biology.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021
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  19. Determinants of heart rate in Svalbard reindeer reveal mechanisms of seasonal energy management.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021
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  20. Introduction to the theme issue: Measuring physiology in free-living animals.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Cassondra L WilliamsNational Marine Mammal Foundation, 2240 Shelter Island Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92106, USA.
Paul J PonganisScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0204, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the 1940s, Scholander and Irving revealed fundamental physiological responses to forced diving of marine mammals and birds, setting the stage for the study of diving physiology. Since then, diving physiology research has moved from the laboratory to the field. Modern biologging, with the development of microprocessor technology, recorder memory capacity and battery life, has advanced and expanded investigations of the diving physiology of marine mammals and birds. This review describes a brief history of the start of field diving physiology investigations, including the invention of the time depth recorder, and then tracks the use of biologging studies in four key diving physiology topics: heart rate, blood flow, body temperature and oxygen store management. Investigations of diving heart rates in cetaceans and O

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AnimalsAquatic OrganismsBirdsBlood CirculationBody TemperatureDivingHeart RateMammalsOxygenOxygendive responsefree-rangingheart ratemarine endothermsoxygen store managementtemperature

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PMID34121464
PMCPMC8200650

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