Diving Seals and Meditating Yogis : Strategic Metabolic Retreats /

The comparative physiology of seemingly disparate organisms often serves as a surprising pathway to biological enlightenment. How appropriate, then, that Robert Elsner sheds new light on the remarkable physiology of diving seals through comparison with members of our own species on quests toward enl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elsner, Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Diving.
Metabolism > Regulation.
Metabolism > Regulation.
Seals (Animals) > Behavior.
Seals (Animals) > Behavior.
SCIENCE / General.
seals, diving, yogi, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, relaxation, enlightenment, survival, metabolism, suppression, oxygen, hibernation, infants, birth, labor, drowning, clams, low tide, regulation, anatomy, science, nonfiction, nature, biology, zoology, marine mammals, ocean animals, asphyxia, divers, the bends, conditioning, endurance, breath hold, respiratory physiology, hypoxia, fetus, medicine, health, heart rate.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Strategic metabolic retreats
  • 2. Marine mammal divers
  • 3. Meditating yogis
  • 4. Cardiovascular and metabolic interactions in diving seals
  • 5. Regulatory mechanisms in the seal's dives
  • 6. The conditioning phenomenon
  • 7. Hibernation and diving
  • 8. Human divers
  • 9. Resistances to asphyxia
  • References
  • Index

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