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Because pH affects the O2 affinity of hemoglobin (Hb), we examined the relationship of blood pH to carbon dioxide and lactate in emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), and determined that pH 7.3 was an appropriate lower bound for blood pH during the dive and surface intervals. Hb saturation calculated from PO2\u00a0profiles at pH 7.5 to 7.3 revealed that (a) arterial oxygenation remained high regardless of pH until late ascent; (b) the blood O2 store depletion rate increased by 27% with an end-dive pH of 7.3 versus 7.4, resulting in a 5% increase in the total body O2 store depletion rate; the blood O2 store was not depleted even at dive durations 2 times the aerobic dive limit; and (c) restoration of blood O2 in the surface period was faster at higher pH, but occurred within 3\u00a0min regardless of pH. We conclude that (i) despite elevated blood O2 store depletion rates at a final pH of 7.3, the change in total body O2 store depletion rate was small, and (ii) blood pH and the high affinity and Bohr effect of emperor penguin Hb were most critical during late ascent and the apnea-to-eupnea transition, the most physiologically challenging and dynamic phases of a dive.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1242\/jeb.251044","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]],"date-time":"2025-10-24T11:01:55Z","timestamp":1761303715000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Blood pH, hemoglobin function and oxygen transport throughout the dive cycle of emperor penguins"],"prefix":"10.1242","volume":"228","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1556-770X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paul J.","family":"Ponganis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Marine Biotechnology & Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego 1 , La Jolla, CA 92093-0204 ,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3977-2900","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cassondra L.","family":"Williams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Marine Mammal Foundation 2 , 2240 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92106 ,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"237","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025111903490832200_JEB251044C1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"6","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM196501072720102","article-title":"Carbon dioxide titration curve of normal man - effect of increasing degrees of acute hypercapnea on acid-base equilibrium","volume":"272","author":"Brackett","year":"1965","journal-title":"N. 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