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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |