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Insights from venous oxygen profiles: oxygen utilization and management in diving California sea lions

Journal of experimental biology, 2013-09, Vol.216 (Pt 17), p.3332-3341 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 0022-0949 ;EISSN: 1477-9145 ;DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085985 ;PMID: 23926312

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  • Title:
    Insights from venous oxygen profiles: oxygen utilization and management in diving California sea lions
  • Author: McDonald, Birgitte I ; Ponganis, Paul J
  • Subjects: Animals ; Blood Gas Analysis ; Diving ; Female ; Hemoglobins - metabolism ; Male ; Oxygen - blood ; Partial Pressure ; Pinnipedia ; Sea Lions - physiology ; Veins - physiology ; Zalophus californianus
  • Is Part Of: Journal of experimental biology, 2013-09, Vol.216 (Pt 17), p.3332-3341
  • Description: The management and depletion of O2 stores underlie the aerobic dive capacities of marine mammals. The California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) presumably optimizes O2 store management during all dives, but approaches its physiological limits during deep dives to greater than 300 m depth. Blood O2 comprises the largest component of total body O2 stores in adult sea lions. Therefore, we investigated venous blood O2 depletion during dives of California sea lions during maternal foraging trips to sea by: (1) recording venous partial pressure of O2 (P(O2)) profiles during dives, (2) characterizing the O2-hemoglobin (Hb) dissociation curve of sea lion Hb and (3) converting the P(O2) profiles into percent Hb saturation (S(O2)) profiles using the dissociation curve. The O2-Hb dissociation curve was typical of other pinnipeds (P50=28±2 mmHg at pH 7.4). In 43% of dives, initial venous S(O2) values were greater than 78% (estimated resting venous S(O2)), indicative of arterialization of venous blood. Blood O2 was far from depleted during routine shallow dives, with minimum venous S(O2) values routinely greater than 50%. However, in deep dives greater than 4 min in duration, venous S(O2) reached minimum values below 5% prior to the end of the dive, but then increased during the last 30-60 s of ascent. These deep dive profiles were consistent with transient venous blood O2 depletion followed by partial restoration of venous O2 through pulmonary gas exchange and peripheral blood flow during ascent. These differences in venous O2 profiles between shallow and deep dives of sea lions reflect distinct strategies of O2 store management and suggest that underlying cardiovascular responses will also differ.
  • Publisher: England
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0022-0949
    EISSN: 1477-9145
    DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085985
    PMID: 23926312
  • Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
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