A mathematical biothermal model of the california sea lion |
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| Authors: | Richard H. Luecke V. Natarajan Frank E. South |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Chemical Engineering, Dalton Research Center and Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The thermal behavior of the California sea lion is modeled by a set of seventeen simultaneous partial differential equations. Numerical solution of these equations yields temperature profiles in the sea lion that closely reproduce experimental data obtained with the animals at rest in air. The model predicts that exercise is necessary to maintain body temperature while immersed in very cold water (0°C) but that very efficient heat conservation occurs during diving because of bradycardia, limited circulation, and absence of respiration. |
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