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The Physiology of Dolphins is a robust, up-to-date reference. It provides a collection of review chapters from leaders in the field of dolphin ecophysiology, making it essential for instructors, researchers, and graduate students interested in the physiological and anatomical adaptations that make life possible for these charismatic marine mammals. Showcasing recent technological developments, it covers the complete physiology of these marine mammals and includes information on the current threats for dolphins and whales from environmental pressures such as climate change, overfishing, pollution, and our increasing human presence in the ocean. This is an excellent reference providing easy-to-follow details of the latest available research methods and some of the newer technologies that are expanding the field of marine mammal physiology.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Studying dolphin physiology
SASCHA K. HOOKER AND ANDREAS FAHLMAN
Chapter 2. Energetic costs of rest and locomotion in dolphins
TERRIE M. WILLIAMS AND RANDALL W. DAVIS
Chapter 3. Thermoregulation
ARINA B. FAVILLA, STEPHANIE K. ADAMCZAK, AND DANIEL P. COSTA
Chapter 4. Muscles and movement
FRANK E. FISH, WILLIAM T. GOUGH, AND DANIELLE S. ADAMS
Chapter 5. Cardiovascular physiology in dolphins and other cetaceans
PAUL J. PONGANIS AND BIRGITTE I. MCDONALD
Chapter 6. Respiratory physiology in the dolphin and other whales
MARINA PISCITELLI-DOSHKOV, GERALD L. KOOYMAN, AND ANDREAS FAHLMAN
Chapter 7. Diving physiology in dolphins and human
J. CHRIS MCKNIGHT, ALEXANDER PATRICIAN, ZELJKO DUJIC, SASCHA K. HOOKER, AND ANDREAS FAHLMAN
Chapter 8. Genetic and molecular adaptations
ASHLEY M. BLAWAS, ANDREAS FAHLMAN, AND JASON A. SOMARELLI
Chapter 9. Neurophysiology
PETER F. COOK, STEFAN HUGGENBERGER, AND BRUNO COZZI
Chapter 10. Sensory physiology in delphinids
FREDERIKE D. HANKE, T. ARAN MOONEY, AND VINCENT M. JANIK
Chapter 11. Kidneys and osmoregulation
RUDY M. ORTIZ AND MIWA SUZUKI
Chapter 12. Reproductive physiology of dolphins
SHANNON ATKINSON
Chapter 13. Immunology
SYLVAIN DE GUISE, MILTON LEVIN, TRACY A. ROMANO, AND LAURA A. THOMPSON
Chapter 14. Human impacts on dolphins: Physiological effects and conservation
RANDALL S. WELLS AND ANDREAS FAHLMAN
About the author
Andreas Fahlman is a Senior Researcher for Global Diving Research SL, Spain and Researcher for Fundacion Oceanografic and Kolmarden Wildlife Park. He’s had several positions over the past 20 years including, professional affiliations as Adjunct professor at Duke University, Woods Hole, Oceanographic Institution, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and University of Southern Florida. He has over 20 years of research and teaching experience in diving physiology, and over 10 years’ experience on cardiorespiratory physiology of dolphins. He’s won several awards and grants to investigate cardiorespiratory physiology in dolphins and medium sized cetaceans has published ~120 peer reviewed publications, and one book chapter in Marine Mammal Physiology.Sascha Hooker is a Professor at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in the Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, UK. Professor Hooker has more than 15 years’ teaching experience and 25 years’ research experience working on marine mammal biology, often using biologging tools to investigate hidden aspects of behavior and physiology. She received the Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation from the Zoological Society of London (2018). She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, contributed to 17 books and encyclopedias, and co-authored ‘Whales: their past, present and future’ (2017) published by the Natural History Museum, UK.
