The use of diagnostic imaging for identifying abnormal gas accumulations in cetaceans and pinnipeds.
Recent dogma suggested that marine mammals are not at risk of decompression sickness (DCS) due to a number of evolutionary adaptations. Several proposed adaptations exist. Lung compression and alveolar collapse that terminate gas exchange before a depth is reached where supersaturation is significan...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00181/full |