Physiological Monitoring in Diving Mammals
Abstract
The objective with this study is to develop and calibrate an invasive data logger to measure muscle O2 saturation in large, freely diving whales. We intend to use this data logger to measure muscle O2 saturation and determine how blood flow to muscle is altered during diving. These data will be important to determine if muscle blood flow is reduced during diving, and important to estimate how the dive response affects muscle N2 levels and the risk of decompression sickness (DCS). This project is separated into two aims: A) Development of a new generation of tag/data logger for marine mammals that will contain a sensor to be implanted into the muscle. The logger will collect physiological data from muscle tissue in freely diving marine mammals. The sensor will be tested and calibrated in terrestrial mammals at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.; B) The data logger will be tested in freely diving marine mammals in the field, and muscle O2 saturation data will be collected.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA541814
Entities
People
- Andreas Fahlman
- Michael J Moore
- Peter Tyack
- Richard A. Anderson
- Warren Zapol
Organizations
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution