| Description |
1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- The Physiology of Dolphins -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Studying dolphin physiology -- The bottlenose dolphin -- Studies of stranded animals -- Studies of animals under human care -- Field studies of wild animals -- Animal-attached instrumentation -- Anatomy and physiology -- This book -- References -- Chapter 2: Energetic costs of rest and locomotion in dolphins -- Introduction -- Resting metabolic rate: An energetic baseline for aquatic living -- Predicting resting metabolic rate of dolphins and other mammals |
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Resting metabolic rate of dolphins and other marine mammals -- Special consideration of RMR in large whales -- Energetic costs of swimming and diving -- Relationships between hydrodynamics, speed, and energetics -- The high cost of speed -- Cost of transport -- Conservation of energy through drafting, gliding, and leaping -- Energetic limits: Aerobic scope and VO2max -- Predicting free-ranging locomotory costs -- Accelerometry and energetics in the wild -- Field metabolic rates -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 3: Thermoregulation -- Introduction -- Avenues of heat transfer |
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Thermal adaptations span morphology, physiology, and behavior -- The role of size and morphology -- Bergmann's and Allen's rules -- Appendages as thermal windows: Where morphology and physiology meet -- Thermal effects of exercise and diving -- Blubber structure and its thermoregulatory function -- Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting blubber -- Blubber's dynamic role in thermoregulation -- Thermoregulatory considerations for epidermal growth and repair -- Energetic tradeoffs with thermoregulation -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Muscles and movement -- Introduction |
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Streamlining -- Fusiform body design -- Control surfaces -- Propulsive fluke design -- Fluke internal structure -- Propulsive muscles and tendons -- Speed -- Hydrodynamics -- Drag -- Drag reduction mechanisms -- Swimming kinematics -- Up/downstroke -- Thrust generation -- Control of pitch angle -- Propulsive efficiency -- Flexibility and spring-like effects -- Scaling -- Behavioral strategies for energy economy -- Submerged swimming -- Porpoising -- Gliding -- Bow riding -- Wave riding -- Drafting -- Maneuverability -- References |
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Chapter 5: Cardiovascular physiology in dolphins and other cetaceans -- Cardiovascular anatomy and function -- Heart-Anatomy -- Heart size -- Hemodynamics: Cardiac output and stroke volume -- Hemodynamics: Heart function and blood pressure -- The vasculature -- Aorta -- Retia mirabilia -- Venous plexuses and epidural veins -- Posterior vena caval hemodynamics during fluking -- Cardiovascular function during diving -- The dive response -- Early studies of heart rates in small- and medium-sized cetaceans -- Heart rate profiles during diving |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Heart rate profiles during postdive intervals and during high-speed surface travel |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hooker, Sascha K
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| ISBN |
9780323905176 |
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032390517X |
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