How to Build a Deep Diver: The Extreme Morphology of Mesoplodonts

Body density and diving gas volume of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)

(2016) Patrick Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gait switches in deep-diving beaked whales: biomechanical strategies for long-duration dives

(2015) L. M. Martin Lopez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The extracranial arterial system in the heads of beaked whales, with implications on diving physiology and pathogenesis

(2015) Alexander M. Costidis et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Estimating maximal force output of cetaceans using axial locomotor muscle morphology

(2015) Logan H. Arthur et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Ontogenetic allometry and body composition of the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from the U.S. mid-Atlantic

(2015) Sarah D. Mallette et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Comparative histology of muscle in free ranging cetaceans: shallow versus deep diving species

(2015) E. Sierra et al.   Scientific Reports

Sperm Whales and Killer Whales with the Largest Brains of All Toothed Whales Show Extreme Differences in Cerebellum

(2014) Sam H. Ridgway et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

First Long-Term Behavioral Records from Cuvier’s Beaked Whales (Ziphius cavirostris) Reveal Record-Breaking Dives

(2014) Gregory S. Schorr et al.   PLoS One

Ontogenetic changes in skeletal muscle fiber type, fiber diameter and myoglobin concentration in the Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

(2014) Colby D. Moore et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

A review of the multi-level adaptations for maximizing aerobic dive duration in marine mammals: from biochemistry to behavior

(2013) Randall W. Davis   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Novel locomotor muscle design in extreme deep-diving whales

(2013) B. P. Velten et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Locomotor muscle profile of a deep (Kogia breviceps) versus shallow (Tursiops truncatus) diving cetacean

(2013) Caitlin E. Kielhorn et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Large fibre size in skeletal muscle is metabolically advantageous

(2013) Ana Gabriela Jimenez et al.   Nature Communications

The formation and functional consequences of heterogeneous mitochondrial distributions in skeletal muscle

(2012) B. Pathi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Microvascular patterns in the blubber of shallow and deep diving odontocetes

(2012) Sara J. McClelland et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

In pursuit of Irving and Scholander: a review of oxygen store management in seals and penguins

(2011) P. J. Ponganis et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

An evaluation of muscle maintenance costs during fiber hypertrophy in the lobster Homarus americanus: are larger muscle fibers cheaper to maintain?

(2011) A. G. Jimenez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The muscle fiber type–fiber size paradox: hypertrophy or oxidative metabolism?

(2010) T. van Wessel et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Scaling with body mass of mitochondrial respiration from the white muscle of three phylogenetically, morphologically and behaviorally disparate teleost fishes

(2010) Jessica L. Burpee et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Extreme physiological adaptations as predictors of climate-change sensitivity in the narwhal, Monodon monoceros

(2010) Terrie M. Williams et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Morphology of the melon and its tendinous connections to the facial muscles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

(2008) C.J. Harper et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY