Assessment of body surface temperature in cetaceans: an iterative approach

Assessment of body surface temperature in cetaceans: an iterative approach

Heat transfer from skin surface to ambient water is probably the most important aspect of thermal balance in marine mammals, but the respective calculations depend on knowing the surface temperature (T S), the direct measurement of which in free animals is very difficult. An indirect iterative method is proposed for T S prediction in free cetaceans from deep body temperature, swimming speed, and temperature and thermodynamic properties of the water.

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Main Author: Silva,R. G.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2004
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spelling oai:scielo:S1519-698420040004000212005-03-02Assessment of body surface temperature in cetaceans: an iterative approachSilva,R. G. cetaceans thermoregulation skin temperature prediction Heat transfer from skin surface to ambient water is probably the most important aspect of thermal balance in marine mammals, but the respective calculations depend on knowing the surface temperature (T S), the direct measurement of which in free animals is very difficult. An indirect iterative method is proposed for T S prediction in free cetaceans from deep body temperature, swimming speed, and temperature and thermodynamic properties of the water.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology v.64 n.3b 20042004-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842004000400021en10.1590/S1519-69842004000400021
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description Heat transfer from skin surface to ambient water is probably the most important aspect of thermal balance in marine mammals, but the respective calculations depend on knowing the surface temperature (T S), the direct measurement of which in free animals is very difficult. An indirect iterative method is proposed for T S prediction in free cetaceans from deep body temperature, swimming speed, and temperature and thermodynamic properties of the water.
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