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Physiology of Deep Diving in the Whale

Nature volume 133, page 874 (1934)Cite this article

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PROF. KROGH in discussing the liability of whales to caisson disease1 writes: “Supposing the whale to stay 5 minutes at 100 m., the 1,000 litres of blood passing per minute would take up an extra amount of 100 litres ...”, and apparently calculates that diffusion would take place as readily at 100 m. depth as at the surface of the sea. I venture to think that he has overlooked an important consideration.

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  1. NATURE, 133, 636, April 28, 1934.

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DAMANT, G. Physiology of Deep Diving in the Whale. Nature 133, 874 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133874a0

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