This work defined the maximum time an animal could remain submerged without utilizing anaerobic metabolism as the aerobic dive limit (ADL) and was calculated as ADL (min)5 total oxygen store (mLO2)/ diving metabolic rate (mLO2 min21)
This work defined the maximum time ananimal could remain submerged without utilizing anaerobicmetabolism as the aerobic dive limit (ADL) and wascalculated as ADL (min)5 total oxygen store (mLO2)/diving metabolic rate (mLO2 min21)