DOLPHIN LUNG COLLAPSE AND INTRAMUSCULAR CIRCULATION DURING FREE DIVING - EVIDENCE FROM NITROGEN WASHOUT

被引:122
作者
RIDGWAY, SH [1 ]
HOWARD, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,SCRIPPS INST OCEANOG,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
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10.1126/science.505001
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Intramuscular nitrogen tensions in Tursiops truncatus after a schedule of repetitive ocean dives suggest a lung collapse depth of about 70 meters and suggest that intramuscular circulation is maintained during unrestrained diving in the open ocean. Therefore, the bottle-nosed dolphin is not protected by lung collapse from the decompression hazards of dives to depths shallower than 70 meters. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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