A5061995420- Marine animal studies overview
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
Sleep is a crucial part of the daily activity patterns mammals. However, in marine species that spend months or entire lifetimes at sea, location, timing, and duration sleep may be constrained. To understand how mammals satisfy their requirements while we monitored electroencephalographic wild northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) diving Monterey Bay, California. Brain-wave showed took short (less than 20 minutes) naps (maximum depth 377 meters; 104 sleeping dives). Linking these...
Abstract Despite rapid advances in sensor development and technological miniaturization, it remains challenging to non-invasively record small-amplitude electrophysiological signals from an animal its natural environment. Many ecophysiology biologging have arisen through sleep studies, which rely on detecting small over multiple days minimal disruption of behavior. This paper describes the a surface-mounted system that has allowed novel recordings wild marine mammals. We discuss our...