Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals

Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals

Decompression sickness (DCS; 'the bends') is a disease associated with gas uptake at pressure. The basic pathology and cause are relatively well known to human divers. Breath-hold diving marine mammals were thought to be relatively immune to DCS owing to multiple anatomical, physiological...

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Main Authors: Hooker, S., Fahlman, A., Moore, M., de Soto, A., de Quiros, B., Brubakk, A., Costa, D., Costidis, A., Dennison, S., Falke, K., Fernandez, A., Ferrigno, M., Fitz-Clarke, J., Garner, M., Houser, D., Jepson, P., Ketten, Darlene, Kvadsheim, P., Madsen, P., Pollock, N., Rotstein, D., Rowles, T., Simmons, S., Van Bonn, W., Weathersby, P., Weise, M., Williams, T., Tyack, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society Publishing 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34720

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