Mysteries of adaptation to hypoxia and pressure in marine mammals. The Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 507-526

  Kooyman, Gerald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic diving limit; Antarctica; Avascular necrosis; Decompression sickness; Elephant seal; Ken Norris; Leptonychotes weddellii; Mirounga angustirostris; Nitrogen tension; Oxygen store; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HYPOXIA; MARINE MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745046560     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00069.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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