Physiological Monitoring in Diving Mammals

Abstract

The objective with this study was to develop and calibrate an invasive data logger to measure muscle O2 saturation in large, freely diving whales. We wanted to study physiological responses during diving in free-ranging, deep diving cetaceans. The idea was to measure muscle O2 saturation and determine how blood flow to muscle is altered during diving.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014023

Entities

People

  • Andreas Fahlman
  • Michael J Moore
  • Peter L. Tyack
  • Richard A. Anderson
  • Steve Trumble
  • Warren Zapol

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Animals
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Energy Consumption
  • Generators
  • Health Services
  • Marine Mammals
  • Measurement
  • Oxygenation
  • Phase Detectors
  • Phase Shift
  • Physiology
  • Signal Generators
  • Skeletal Muscle

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.