..., breathing patterns, metabolic rates, lung volume and lung diffusing capacity were measured at rest and during exercise in the pregnant skink Tiliqua nigrolutea . Breathing patterns were largely unaffected by gestation; however, decreases in metabolic rate (rate of oxygen consumption) in the late stages...

... of 9 weeks. Lung volume increased by 9% in mice acclimated to high altitude. was also significantly higher under hypoxic conditions after high altitude acclimation compared with controls. Body mass-corrected residuals of were significantly correlated with an index of cardiopulmonary size (summed...

... be adjusted to achieve the desired buoyant state. Lung volume during voluntary submergence will often be a compromise between these two basic functions and should also increase with body mass. The relationship between submergence lung volume and body mass will depend on how tissue density and specific gravity...