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- Title
Allometry of diving capacities: ectothermy vs. endothermy.
- Authors
BRISCHOUX, F.; BONNET, X.; COOK, T. R.; SHINE, R.
- Abstract
Body mass positively influences diving capacities in air-breathing vertebrates and has been identified as a key determinant for the evolution of diving. Our review on the relationship between body mass and dive duration (a major parameter of dive performances) encompassed for the first time a wide diversity of air-breathing vertebrates. We included a substantial number of nonavian and nonmammalian diving species belonging to various independent lineages (sea snakes, iguana, turtles and crocodiles). Our analyses suggest that the widely accepted size dependency of dive duration applies with significantly less force in ectotherms compared with endotherms; notably we failed to detect any effect of body mass in ectotherms. We hypothesize that the absence of tight physiological links between body mass and respiratory demands documented in ectotherms blurred our ability to detect the expected correlation. Further exploration of the evolution of diving physiology may well necessitate adopting novel perspectives to encompass both ectothermic and endothermic modes.
- Subjects
COLD-blooded animals; ALLOMETRY; VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; RESPIRATION; BIOLOGICAL evolution
- Publication
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2008, Vol 21, Issue 1, p324
- ISSN
1010-061X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01438.x