Decompression syndrome and the evolution of deep diving physiology in the Cetacea

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 793-801

  Beatty, Brian Lee ^a   Rothschild, Bruce M ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Arthritis Center   (United States)

^e NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avascular osteonecrosis; Behaviorally induced paleopathology; Cetacea; Diving physiology; Mysticeti; Odontoceti

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLADISTICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; WHALE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CETACEA; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TAXON;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FOSSILS; MUSEUMS; OSTEONECROSIS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

AMNIOTA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 50849127835     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0385-9     Document Type: Article

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