Ecology and conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Mediterranean Sea
โ Scribed by GIOVANNI BEARZI; CATERINA MARIA FORTUNA; RANDALL R. REEVES
- Book ID
- 108886781
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 309 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0305-1838
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At birth, the locomotor muscles of precocial, terrestrial mammals are similar to those of adults in both mass, as a percent of total body mass, and fiber-type composition. It is hypothesized that bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), marine mammals that swim from the instant of birth, will also
## Abstract Most mammals possess stamina because their locomotor and respiratory (i.e., ventilatory) systems are mechanically coupled. These systems are decoupled, however, in bottlenose dolphins (__Tursiops truncatus__) as they swim on a breath hold. Locomotion and ventilation are coupled only dur