Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals
Mammals possess complex structures in their nasal cavities known as respiratory turbinate bones, which help the animal to conserve body heat and water during respiratory gas exchange. We considered the function of the maxilloturbinates of two species of seals, one arctic ( Erignathus barbatus ), one...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/29859 2023-09-05T13:15:42+02:00 Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals Flekkøy, Eirik Grude Folkow, Lars Kjelstrup, Signe Mason, Matthew J. Wilhelmsen, Øivind 2023-01-06 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29859 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103402 eng eng Elsevier Journal of Thermal Biology Flekkøy, Folkow, Kjelstrup, Mason, Wilhelmsen. Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals. Journal of Thermal Biology. 2023;112 FRIDAID 2131604 doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103402 0306-4565 1879-0992 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29859 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103402 2023-08-16T23:06:45Z Mammals possess complex structures in their nasal cavities known as respiratory turbinate bones, which help the animal to conserve body heat and water during respiratory gas exchange. We considered the function of the maxilloturbinates of two species of seals, one arctic ( Erignathus barbatus ), one subtropical ( Monachus monachus ). By means of a thermo-hydrodynamic model that describes the heat and water exchange in the turbinate region we are able to reproduce the measured values of expired air temperatures in grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ), a species for which experimental data are available. At the lowest environmental temperatures, however, this is only possible in the arctic seal, and only if we allow for the possibility of ice forming on the outermost turbinate region. At the same time the model predicts that for the arctic seals, the inhaled air is brought to deep body temperature and humidity conditions in passing the maxilloturbinates. The modeling shows that heat and water conservation go together in the sense that one effect implies the other, and that the conservation is most efficient and most flexible in the typical environment of both species. By controlling the blood flow through the turbinates the arctic seal is able to vary the heat and water conservation substantially at its average habitat temperatures, but not at temperatures around −40 °C. The subtropical species has simpler maxilloturbinates, and our model predicts that it is unable to bring inhaled air to deep body conditions, even in its natural environment, without some congestion of the vascular mucosa covering the maxilloturbinates. Physiological control of both blood flow rate and mucosal congestion is expected to have profound effects on the heat exchange function of the maxilloturbinates in seals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Erignathus barbatus University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Journal of Thermal Biology 112 103402 |
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Mammals possess complex structures in their nasal cavities known as respiratory turbinate bones, which help the animal to conserve body heat and water during respiratory gas exchange. We considered the function of the maxilloturbinates of two species of seals, one arctic ( Erignathus barbatus ), one subtropical ( Monachus monachus ). By means of a thermo-hydrodynamic model that describes the heat and water exchange in the turbinate region we are able to reproduce the measured values of expired air temperatures in grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ), a species for which experimental data are available. At the lowest environmental temperatures, however, this is only possible in the arctic seal, and only if we allow for the possibility of ice forming on the outermost turbinate region. At the same time the model predicts that for the arctic seals, the inhaled air is brought to deep body temperature and humidity conditions in passing the maxilloturbinates. The modeling shows that heat and water conservation go together in the sense that one effect implies the other, and that the conservation is most efficient and most flexible in the typical environment of both species. By controlling the blood flow through the turbinates the arctic seal is able to vary the heat and water conservation substantially at its average habitat temperatures, but not at temperatures around −40 °C. The subtropical species has simpler maxilloturbinates, and our model predicts that it is unable to bring inhaled air to deep body conditions, even in its natural environment, without some congestion of the vascular mucosa covering the maxilloturbinates. Physiological control of both blood flow rate and mucosal congestion is expected to have profound effects on the heat exchange function of the maxilloturbinates in seals. |
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Flekkøy, Eirik Grude Folkow, Lars Kjelstrup, Signe Mason, Matthew J. Wilhelmsen, Øivind Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals |
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Flekkøy, Eirik Grude Folkow, Lars Kjelstrup, Signe Mason, Matthew J. Wilhelmsen, Øivind |
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Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals |
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Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals |
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Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals |
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Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals |
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Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals |
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thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals |
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Journal of Thermal Biology Flekkøy, Folkow, Kjelstrup, Mason, Wilhelmsen. Thermal modeling of the respiratory turbinates in arctic and subtropical seals. Journal of Thermal Biology. 2023;112 FRIDAID 2131604 doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103402 0306-4565 1879-0992 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29859 |
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