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
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Body condition; Lipid; Hydrodynamic performance; Drag; Buoyancy; Canada; Jan Mayen; Norway; The Gully; Elephant Seal; hyperoodon ampullatus; Northern bottlenose whale
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/body-density-and-diving-gas-volume-of-the-northern-bottlenose-whale-hyperoodon-ampullatus(1bccd45b-db1c-4e2f-9c30-560b3f410d8e).html; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.137349; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/9326/1/Miller_etal_2016_bottlenosewhale_density.pdf; http://jeb.biologists.org/content/219/18/2962

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...