Marine Mammals: Adaptations for an Aquatic Life

Marine Mammals: Adaptations for an Aquatic Life PDF

By Randall W. Davis

Marine Mammals, Adaptations for an Aquatic Life PDF book provides new insights into the morphological, metabolic, thermoregulatory, locomotory, diving, sensory, feeding, and sleep adaptations of Cetacea (whales and dolphins), Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions and walrus), Sirenia (manatees and dugongs) and sea otters for an aquatic life. Each chapter reviews the discoveries from previous studies and integrates recent research using new techniques and technology. Readers will gain an understanding of the remarkable adaptations that enable marine mammals to spend all or most of their lives at sea, often while hunting prey at depth.

  • Provides new insights into the remarkable physiological and behavioral adaptations of marine mammals
  • Reviews anatomical, metabolic, thermoregulatory, locomotory, diving and behavioral adaptations of cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians and sea otters
  • Covers information about the remarkable adaptation that enable marine mammals to spend much of their lives at sea while breath-hold diving to depths of up to 2,900 m

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Return to the Sea: The Evolution of Marine Mammals

Respiration and the Effects of Pressure

Metabolism and Thermoregulation

Locomotion

Physiological Adaptations for Breath-Hold Diving

Sensory Systems

Feeding and Digestion

Sleep

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