Browsing by Subject "marine mammal"
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TMMSN) is a valuable data resource for the marine mammal community. Limitations of funding and personnel severely impact the ability of the Network to maintain impeccable databases. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)There is strong evidence that the skeletal muscles of pinnipeds are adapted for an aerobic, lipid-based metabolism under the hypoxic conditions associated with breath-hold diving. However, regional variations in mitochondrial ...
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(2015-09-18)Marine mammals live a life of dual constraints and must balance energetic demands (oxygen consumption) and limited O2 availability while breath-holding. In order to overcome these dual constraints, marine mammals have ...
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(2014-04-25)Myoglobin (Mb) is an oxygen binding hemoprotein in vertebrate skeletal muscle that functions in intracellular oxygen storage and transport. Due to the unique oxygen storage demands of diving birds and mammals, these ...