Could beaked whales get the bends?. Effect of diving behaviour and physiology on modelled gas exchange for three species: Ziphius cavirostris, Mesoplodon densirostris and Hyperoodon ampullatus

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-246

  Hooker, Sascha K ^a   Baird, Robin W ^b   Fahlman, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blainville's beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale; Decompression sickness; Diving physiology; Northern bottlenose whale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMAN; HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHALE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WHALES;

EID: 67849128551     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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