Resting Metabolic Rate and Lung Function in Wild Offshore Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, Near Bermuda

Resting Metabolic Rate and Lung Function in Wild Offshore Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, Near Bermuda

Diving mammals have evolved a suite of physiological adaptations to manage respiratory gases during extended breath-hold dives. To test the hypothesis that offshore bottlenose dolphins have evolved physiological adaptations to improve their ability for extended deep dives and as protection for lung...

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Main Authors: Andreas Fahlman, Katherine McHugh, Jason Allen, Aaron Barleycorn, Austin Allen, Jay Sweeney, Rae Stone, Robyn Faulkner Trainor, Guy Bedford, Michael J. Moore, Frants H. Jensen, Randall Wells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
lung mechanics
total lung capacity
field metabolic rate
energetics
minimum air volume
diving physiology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00886/full

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