Predicting Natural Neuroprotection in Marine Mammals: Environmental and Biological Factors Affecting Vulnerability to Acoustically Mediated Tissue Trauma in Marine Species

The primary goal of these studies is to investigate the relative vulnerability of marine mammals to acoustically mediated trauma from emboli formation. By evaluating key environmental, behavioral and physiological factors involved in the movement of gases at the whole animal and tissue levels we int...

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Main Author: Williams, Terrie M.
Other Authors: CALIFORNIA UNIV SANTA CRUZ
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Anatomy and Physiology
Ecology
Biological Oceanography
*NEUROLOGY
*AQUATIC ANIMALS
*DAMAGE
*TISSUES(BIOLOGY)
CETACEA
WOUNDS AND INJURIES
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
TRAUMA
WHALES
NERVE CELLS
MARINE BIOLOGY
PROTECTION
VULNERABILITY
PHYSIOLOGY
MARINE MAMMALS
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS
BELUGA WHALES
NEUROPROTECTION
GLOBIN PROTEINS
Beluga
Beluga*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA541776
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Summary:The primary goal of these studies is to investigate the relative vulnerability of marine mammals to acoustically mediated trauma from emboli formation. By evaluating key environmental, behavioral and physiological factors involved in the movement of gases at the whole animal and tissue levels we intend to identify factors contributing to lipid, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide gas mobilization, and concomitant tissue damage at depth. The results of this project will enable the development of environmentally sensitive schedules for oceanic acoustic activities by identifying those species most susceptible to tissue injury.

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