Body density and diving gas volume of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Biology
• Main Authors: Miller, Patrick, Narazaki, Tomoko, Isojunno, Saana, Aoki, Kagari, Smout, Sophie, Sato, Katsufumi
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2016
• Subjects: Research Article; Canada; Jan Mayen; Norway; The Gully; Elephant Seal; hyperoodon ampullatus; Northern bottlenose whale
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004977/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27296044; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.137349

Diving lung volume and tissue density, reflecting lipid store volume, are important physiological parameters that have only been estimated for a few breath-hold diving species. We fitted 12 northern bottlenose whales with data loggers that recorded depth, 3-axis acceleration and speed either with a...