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Pulmonary ventilation–perfusion mismatch: a novel hypothesis for how diving vertebrates may avoid the bends

Hydrostatic lung compression in diving marine mammals, with collapsing alveoli blocking gas exchange at depth, has been the main theoretical basis for limiting N(2) uptake and avoiding gas emboli (GE) as they ascend. However, studies of beached and bycaught cetaceans and sea turtles imply that air-b...

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Autores principales: Garcia Párraga, Daniel, Moore, Michael, Fahlman, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29695441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0482