diving behavior
Heart rates and diving behavior of leatherback sea turtles in the eastern pacific ocean
... continual diving punctuated by brief surface ...their diving behavior that have not been described for other populations of leatherback ...shallow diving towards the end of the internesting ...
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Effects of buoyancy on the diving behavior of northern elephant seals
... Marine mammals experience radical seasonal changes in body composition, which would be expected to affect their buoyancy in the water. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between such changes in ...
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Foraging energetics and diving behavior of lactating New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri
... Simultaneously with the isotopic measurements, time/depth recorders (TDRs) were deployed on the females to assess diving behavior. Two types of TDR were used; MK3e (N=3) and MK6 (N=9) (Wildlife Computers, ...
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Winter and spring diving behavior of bowhead whales relative to prey
... in diving behavior from winter through spring and this was likely in response to the changes in sea ice conditions, primary production and potential copepod abundance in the upper part of the water ...
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Effect of sex, temperature, time and flock size on the diving behavior of the wintering Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)
... The Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) is listed in the first category of nationally protected wildlife species in China and is regarded as an endangered spe- cies by the IUCN in 2002 (Wang and Xie 2009). This spe- ...
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Diving behavior and fine scale kinematics of free ranging Risso’s dolphins foraging in shallow and deep water habitats
... stroke behavior helps conserve energy (Williams et ...sea-lions diving to artificial prey patches from 5 to 50 m in experimental studies have been observed to decrease their overall (average) diving ...
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Regional variability in diving physiology and behavior in a widely distributed air breathing marine predator, the South American sea lion (Otaria byronia)
... the diving behavior of South American sea lions, they have been limited to its Atlantic range, from Uruguay (Riet-Sapriza et ...affect diving behavior ...
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Pelagic cephalopods of the central Mediterranean Sea determined by the analysis of the stomach content of large fish predators
... in diving behavior, feeding strategies, and occur- rence in the study area, the following top predators were selected: (1) swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758; (2) blue-fin tuna, Thunnus thynnus ...
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Development of diving capacity in emperor penguins
... initial diving behavior of fledged chicks and to examine biochemical variables in post-molt juveniles, chicks from the Cape Washington colony were captured on 20–21 December 1994 and transported by Twin ...
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Diel foraging behavior of gravid leatherback sea turtles in deep waters of the Caribbean Sea
... leatherback diving behavior toward the end of the internesting interval, such as a decrease in dive effort and increase in dive variability at French Guiana (Fossette et ...feeding behavior or energy ...
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Changes in dive behaviour during naval sonar exposure in killer whales, long finned pilot whales, and sperm whales
... dive behavior which leads to development of tissue nitrogen gas bubbles and symptoms related to decompression sickness (DCS) (Jepson et ...in diving behavior (Miller et ...
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Analysing splash in competitive diving
... Splash size is an important factor in competitive diving and is considered to have a large effect in final judged scores. The aim of this research was to develop a system to determine the splash size during ...
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Breath-hold diving performance factors
... Were measured the individual performance in Apnea Indoor, hemoglobine, blood volume, VO2max, body composition, resting metabolic rate and the heart rate and oxygen saturation during a [r] ...
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Lift based paddling in diving grebe
... the feet sweep a sector-shaped area during the power stroke, making momentum jet theory applicable to the flow generated. It is likely that the grebe produces a vortex ring/street tilted slightly upwards (Fig. 8), ...
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Neuroimaging of Scuba Diving Injuries to the CNS
... In the fourth case of arterial gas embolism case 1 as well as in two divers with decompression sickness who had no clinical findings suggestive of cerebral involvement cases 5 and 7, we [r] ...
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Persistence in diving American mink
... monitor diving males during the coldest winter temperatures (only 1 male was tagged in winter when ambient temperatures were below 7°C, but this individual dived fewer than five times during the 5- to 6-day ...
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The effects of depth on the cardiac and behavioural responses of double crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) during voluntary diving
... deep diving situation, one could speculate about the functional significance of a dive bradycardia in facilitating efficient dive ...shallow diving presumably reflects the conservation of ...
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Extreme diving of beaked whales
... source. Diving is highly stereotypical with most deep foraging dives being followed by an extended period of shallow dives and slow travel/resting near the ...extreme diving of these species, the long ...
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Diving Accidents Treated at a Military Hospital Based Recompression Chamber Facility in Peninsular Malaysia
... apparatus) diving. With a wealth of great diving sites, Malaysia has become a destination of choice for international divers from all over the world to explore the underwater ...commercial diving ...
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Buoyancy and maximal diving depth in penguins
... Ascent angles were not vertical and became shallower the closer the bird was to the surface (Fig. 4). According to equation 2, ascent angle is affected by buoyancy and downward lift. Penguins can control the ascent angle ...
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