The Physiology of Dolphins

Andreas Fahlman is a Senior Researcher for Global Diving Research SL, Spain and Researcher for Fundacion Oceanografic and Kolmarden Wildlife Park. He’s had several positions over the past 20 years including, professional affiliations as Adjunct professor at Duke University, Woods Hole, Oceanographic Institution, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and University of Southern Florida. He has over 20 years of research and teaching experience in diving physiology, and over 10 years’ experience on cardiorespiratory physiology of dolphins. He’s won several awards and grants to investigate cardiorespiratory physiology in dolphins and medium sized cetaceans has published ~120 peer reviewed publications, and one book chapter in Marine Mammal Physiology. Sascha Hooker is a Professor at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in the Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, UK. Professor Hooker has more than 15 years’ teaching experience and 25 years’ research experience working on marine mammal biology, often using biologging tools to investigate hidden aspects of behavior and physiology. She received the Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation from the Zoological Society of London (2018). She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, contributed to 17 books and encyclopedias, and co-authored ‘Whales: their past, present and future’ (2017) published by the Natural History Museum, UK.