Monitoring Temperature and Heart Rate during Surgical Field Implantation of PTT-100 Satellite Transmitters in Greenland Sea Birds

Table 1

Basic statistics (Mean ± SD, range) for continuously measured heart rate (HR), cloacae temperature (CT), Isoflurane concentration (Iso), oxygen flow (mL × min⁻¹), and ambient and PTT temperature (°C) divided on implantation method and species.

	Subcutaneous		Intracoelomic
	Mean ± SD (𝑛)	Min–Max	Mean ± SD (𝑛)	Min–Max
Murres
HR (beats × min^−1)	213±46 (5)	134–288	216±36 (14)	160–280
CT (°C)	41.3±0.7 (5)	40.4–42.8	39.7±2.64 (14)	35.5–44.9
Isoflurane (%)	2.75±0.48 (5)	2.0–3.5	2.67±0.69 (14)	1.5–4.0
O2 flow (mL × min^−1)	2000±0.00 (5)	2000	2000±0.00 (14)	2000
Ambient (and PTT) temp. (°C)	21.83±2.05 (5)	19.7–23.8	20.07±2.63 (14)	16.4–24.2
Common eiders
HR (beats × min^−1)	—	—	212±42 (9)	145–280
CT (°C)	—	—	40.87±1.01 (9)	39.1–42.5
Isoflurane (%)	—	—	2.4±0.71 (9)	1.5–3.5
O2 flow (mL × min^−1)	—	—	2000±0.00 (9)	2000
PTT temp. (°C)	—	—	35	35
Ambient temp. (°C)	—	—	19.91±1.42 (9)	17.2–21.4