Data from: Olfaction at depth: cribriform plate size declines with dive depth and duration in aquatic arctoid carnivorans

• Main Authors: Bird, Deborah, Hamid, Iman, Fox-Rosales, Lester, Van Valkenburgh, Blaire
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: olfaction; Cribriform plate; aquatic adaptations; diving behavioral ecology; Marine mammals; skull morphology; Elephant Seals; toothed whales
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5068/D1CQ2G

It is widely accepted that obligate aquatic mammals, specifically toothed whales, rely relatively little on olfaction. There is less agreement about the importance of smell among aquatic mammals with residual ties to land, such as pinnipeds and sea otters. Field observations of marine carnivorans st...