Prolonged exercise shifts ventilatory parameters at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition.

"Declarations Conflict of interestThe authors declare no competing interests associated with this manuscript. Ethical approvalThe Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee approved all procedures (21/253). Consent to participateAll participants provided written informed consent. Conflict of interest The authors declare no competing interests associated with this manuscript."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. No sources of funding were used in the completion of this study."

"This study was performed in accordance with the standards of the Declaration of Helsinki, 2013. The Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee approved all procedures (21/253), and all participants provided written informed consent prior to participation. This study was not registered in a database. Data associated with this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request."