Modeling Gas Dynamics in California Sea Lions

Abstract

The objective of this study is to update a current gas dynamics model with recently acquired data for respiratory compliance (P-V), and body compartment size estimates in California sea lions. The model will be calibrated against measured arterial and venous PO2 levels from California sea lions, and estimate the error between predicted and observed values. The model will be used to investigate specific scenarios where marine mammals could be particularly prone to decompression sickness (DCS) due to changes in dive behavior or physiology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014024

Entities

People

  • Andreas Fahlman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • California
  • Climate Change
  • Data Sets
  • Decompression
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Deep Diving
  • Diving
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Odontocetes
  • Physiology
  • Sea Lions

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.