Sentence examples for dive time from inspiring English sources

Gala and Short were expert at managing dive time, but in the background another clock was always ticking.

We therefore standardized species observations in each depth interval by applying a multiplier equal to the average dive time in the most heavily sampled depth interval divided by the average dive time in each respective interval.

Sampling effort (dive time) across each 10-m depth interval was relatively uniform across most depths, but somewhat shorter at the deepest intervals.

For the youngest humpback whales we see in Maui waters, a dive time of 60 to 90 seconds is typical, but as the season progresses and calves mature, breath-holding time extends to three or four minutes.

Ingesting stones equal to just 2.5percentt of the alligators' body weight increased the animals' dive time by an average of 88percentt, extending it up to 35 minutes, Science magazine reported.

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"We can look the fossils and predict the dive times they had".

"It also allows us to estimate the dive times of the ancient ancestors of whales," Dr Berenbrink explained.

Behaviour and dive times of Arnoux's beaked whales, Berardius arnuxii, at narrow leads in fast ice.

"The idea that we can estimate maximal dive times for early diverging relatives of today's marine mammals will have a profound impact on how we think about their ancient ecology and biology," he told BBC News.

Dive times are typically 10 minutes when feeding, though dives of up to 21 minutes are possible.