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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.
Chapter 1. Studying dolphin physiology
Chapter 2. Energetic costs of rest and locomotion in dolphins
Chapter 3. Thermoregulation
Chapter 4. Muscles and movement
Chapter 5. Cardiovascular physiology in dolphins and other cetaceans
Chapter 6. Respiratory physiology in the dolphin and other whales
Chapter 7. Diving physiology in dolphins and human
Chapter 8. Genetic and molecular adaptations
Chapter 9. Neurophysiology
Chapter 10. Sensory physiology in delphinids
Chapter 11. Kidneys and osmoregulation
Chapter 12. Reproductive physiology of dolphins
Chapter 13. Immunology
Chapter 14. Human impacts on dolphins: Physiological effects and conservation
Andreas Fahlman is a Senior Researcher for Global Diving Research SL, Spain and a Researcher for Fundacion Oceanografic and Kolmarden Wildlife Park. He's had several positions over the past 20 years including, professional affiliations as an Adjunct Professor at Duke University, Woods Hole, Oceanographic Institution, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and the University of Southern Florida. He has over 20 years of research and teaching experience in diving physiology and over 10 years of experience in the cardiorespiratory physiology of dolphins. He's won several awards and grants to investigate cardiorespiratory physiology in dolphins and medium-sized cetaceans and 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 of teaching experience and 25 years of research experience working on marine mammal biology, often using biologging tools to investigate hidden aspects of behaviour 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.
