Marine Mammals Adaptations for an Aquatic Life /

• Main Author: Davis, Randall W. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Zoology.; Animal physiology.; Behavioral sciences.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology .; Animal Physiology.; Behavioral Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.