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, Suzuki, Kagari, Smout, Sophie Caroline, Sato, Katsufumi
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland, University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences, University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews. Bioacoustics group, University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Body condition; Lipid; Hydrodynamic performance; Drag; Buoyancy; GC Oceanography; QH301 Biology; QL Zoology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all); GC; QH301; QL; Canada; Jan Mayen; Norway; The Gully; Elephant Seal; hyperoodon ampullatus; Northern bottlenose whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9326; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.137349; http://jeb.biologists.org/content/219/18/2962

Funding for fieldwork and data analysis was provided by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), project RC-2337 Diving lung volume and tissue density, reflecting lipid store volume, are important physiological parameters that have only been estimated for a few breath-ho...