Marine Mammal DIVING RESPONSE

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Marine MammalDIVING RESPONSE
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Laboratory Purpose

• Discuss the Diving Response
• Test our own response
• Collect data
• Graph Analyze the Data

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What is the Diving Response?

• What happens to the physiology of the marine
  mammals?

• Why is this useful to them when they are diving?

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DATA COLLECTION
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LABORATORY PHOTOS
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DATA ANAYSIS

• Collect the data
• Compute the difference from resting pulse
• Graph your results The graph to the right shows
  two persons pulse rate as BPM at REST I, Breath
  hold II, Recovery III, Bending IV, and Cold Dip V

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DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS !

• What can cause pulse rate to vary?
• Which set of conditions triggered the greatest
  response?
• Is the Marine Mammal Diving Response observed in
  humans?
• How can it help persons
• survive drowning?

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PROGRAM REFERENCES

• Kleene,S. 1989. The Diving Seal, Sea
  Frontiers, Nov.Dec.
• Holman, S. and Masterman, D. 1997. Biology with
  CBL. Vernier Software. Portland, Oregon.
• Key Clip Art 25,000 by Soft Key
• Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Corp.