Adaptations to deep and prolonged diving in phocid seals

© 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd..

This Review focuses on the original papers that have made a difference to our thinking and were first in describing an adaptation to diving, and less on those that later repeated the findings with better equipment. It describes some important anatomical peculiarities of phocid seals, as well as their many physiological responses to diving. In so doing, it is argued that the persistent discussions on the relevance and differences between responses seen in forced dives in the laboratory and those during free diving in the wild are futile. In fact, both are two sides of the same coin, aimed at protecting the body against asphyxic insult and extending diving performance.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:221

Enthalten in:

The Journal of experimental biology - 221(2018), Pt 12 vom: 22. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Blix, Arnoldus Schytte [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anaerobic metabolism
Asphyxia
Blood flow
Bradycardia
Deep diving
Hypoxia
Journal Article
Pinnipeds
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.10.2019

Date Revised 07.10.2019

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1242/jeb.182972

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM285780905