• Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals 

      Hooker, SK; Fahlman, A; Moore, MJ; de Soto, NA; de Quiros, YB; Brubakk, Alf O; Costa, DP; Costidis, AM; Dennison, S; Falke, KJ; Fernandez, A; Ferrigno, M; Fitz-Clarke, JR; Garner, MM; Houser, DS; Jepson, PD; Ketten, DR; Kvadsheim, Petter Helgevold; Madsen, PT; Pollock, NW; Rotstein, DS; Rowles, TK; Simmons, SE; Van Bonn, W; Weathersby, PK; Weise, MJ; Williams, TM; Tyack, PL (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Decompression sickness (DCS; ‘the bends’) is a disease associated with gas uptake at pressure. The basic pathology and cause are relatively well known to human divers. Breath-hold diving marine mammals were thought to be ...