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NR ZDOF

AU Woodin,M.; Stephenson,R.

TI Circadian rhythms in diving behavior and ventilatory response to asphyxia in canvasback ducks

QU American Journal of Physiology 1998 Mar; 274(3 Pt 2): R686-93

PT journal article

AB Underwater feeding behavior was measured in 10 captive canvasback ducks (Aythya valisineria) for 12 days under a 12:12-h light-dark photoperiod. Feeding activity exhibited a daily rhythm, with 76% of dives occurring at night. In separate experiments on six of these ducks, a circadian rhythm was observed in the duration of voluntary dives. Dives at night (14.7 +/- 0.7 s) were significantly longer than those during the day (10.7 +/- 0.7 s). These day-night differences in diving behavior were accompanied by day-night differences in respiratory responses to progressive asphyxia. In the same six ducks, ventilation increased exponentially as a function of inspired CO2 concentration during rebreathing in a closed-circuit barometric plethysmograph. The exponential rate constant for inspired ventilation was significantly smaller at night (0.23 +/- 0.02) than during the day (0.26 +/- 0.01). We suggest that intermittent apneic exercise is facilitated by reduced respiratory chemosensitivity and that the respiratory and behavioral control systems are synchronized by the circadian timing system in diving ducks.

AD Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

SP englisch

PO USA

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