Lung collapse in the diving sea lion: Hold the nitrogen and save the oxygen

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1047-1049

  McDonald, Birgitte I ^a   Ponganis, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression sickness; Diving physiology; Lung collapse; Marine mammals; Partial pressure of oxygen

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINNIPED;

EID: 84869802909     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0743     Document Type: Article

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