A review of the multi-level adaptations for maximizing aerobic dive duration in marine mammals: From biochemistry to behavior

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-53

  Davis, Randall W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dive response; Fitness; Marine mammal; Physiological homeostasis

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; DIVING; HOMEOSTASIS; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; DIVING; GLOBINS; HOMEOSTASIS; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 84891892356     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-013-0782-z     Document Type: Review

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