Dear MarMam Community,
My colleagues and I are pleased to announce the publication of our
study, "Paradoxical escape responses by narwhals (Monodon monoceros)"
by Terrie M. Williams, Susanna B. Blackwell, Beau Richter, Mikkel-Holger
S. Sinding, and Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen in Science 358: 1328-1331, 2017.
This study addresses the question, how do marine mammals "run away" from
a threat while holding their breath? Using a custom-built
ecg-accelerometer-depth meter developed with aquaria dolphins, we reveal
a paradoxical escape response in wild narwhals that challenges their
physiology. This finding has far reaching implications, and may provide
insights about the physiology of cetacean strandings, the underlying
mechanisms of capture myopathies, and the potential for injury in
deep-diving cetaceans due to unanticipated threats including oceanic noise.
Information about the pdf is available from T.M. Williams.
Best Regards,
Terrie
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