Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XII, 302 p. 119 illus., 71 illus. in color)
ISBN:
9783319982809
Series Statement:
Springer eBooks
Content:
1. Introduction -- 2. Return to the Sea: The Evolution of Marine Mammals -- 3. Respiration and the Effects of Pressure -- 4. Metabolism and Thermoregulation -- 5. Locomotion -- 6. Physiological and Metabolic Adaptations for Breath-hold Diving -- 7. Sensory Systems -- 8. Feeding and Digestion -- 9. Sleep
Content:
This comprehensive 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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319982786
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-319-98278-6
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Davis, Randall W., 1952 - Marine mammals Cham : Springer, 2019 ISBN 9783319982786
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3319982788
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Meeressäugetiere
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Anpassung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-98280-9
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