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Appendix 1. List of Abbreviations and Symbols Adgb Androglobin HPNS High-pressure nervous syndrome ADL Aerobic dive limit IAP Internal acoustic pinna atm Air pressure in units of atmo- J Joules spheres. 1 atm = 760 mmHg or kPa Kilopascal 101.3 kPa L Liter ATP Adenosine triphosphate LCT Lower critical temperature BAT Brown adipose tissue LDH Lactate dehydrogenase BMR Basal metabolic rate Mb Myoglobin CO2 Carbon dioxide MCH Mean corpuscular Hb Cd Nondimensional drag coefficient MCV Mean corpuscular volume CS Citrate synthase MLDB Monkey lips/dorsal bursae CSF Cerebral spinal fluid mmHg Millimeters of mercury; a unit Cybg Cytoglobin of pressure often used in physi- D Total drag (pressure drag plus ology when referring to the friction drag) pressure or partial pressure of a DCS Decompression sickness gas DPPC Dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine MPa Megapascal EEG Electroencephalogram Mya Millions of years ago FFA Free fatty acids Ngb Neuroglobin FPRs Formyl peptide receptors O2 Oxygen GbE Globin E OML Oxygen minimum layer GbX Globin X OR Odorant Receptors genes GbY Globin Y ρ Density of seawater (~1024 GFR Glomerular filtration rate kg m−3) Hb Hemoglobin P50 Oxygen partial pressure at 50% HC Conductive and convective heat saturation of Hb exchange Pa (Pascal) The SI (International System of Hct Hematocrit Units) unit of pressure HE Evaporative heat loss PCO2 Partial pressure of carbon dioxide HM Metabolic heat production PN2 Partial pressure of nitrogen HR Radiation heat exchange PO2 Partial pressure of oxygen HS Heat storage ORs Odorant receptors HOAD β-Hydroxyacyl coenzyme A Re Reynolds number dehydrogenase RMR Resting metabolic rate © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 R. W. Davis, Marine Mammals, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98280-9 279 280 Appendix 1. List of Abbreviations and Symbols RPF Renal plasma flow V1Rs G-protein-coupled receptors RQ Respiratory quotient (ratio of car- expressed in the vomeronasal bon dioxide produced by tissue organ that are activated by metabolism to oxygen consumed) small, volatile molecules S Wetted surface area V2Rs G-protein-coupled receptors SVR Surface-to-volume ratio expressed in the vomeronasal Ta Ambient temperature organ are activated by small TAARs Trace amine-associated receptors peptides Tb Core body temperature VDR Video and data recorder TDR Time-depth recorder VGB Ventral groove blubber TG Triglycerides VLDL Very low density lipoproteins TGFA Triglyceride fatty acids VLDL-TGFA Very low density lipoprotein tri- TNZ Thermal neutral zone glyceride fatty acids TPC Tympanoperiotic complex (audi- VȮ2 Rate of oxygen consumption −1 −1 tory bulla) (ml O2 min kg ) Ts Surface or skin temperature V̇O2max Maximum aerobic capacity U Swimming speed (m s−1) W Watts UCT Upper critical temperature Appendix 2. List of Marine Mammals by Latin and Common Name Number of species in each family shown in parentheses. Adapted from Wursig B, Thewissen JGM, Kovacs KM (3rd edition) (2018) Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press. Order Artiodactyla Infraorder Cetacea Parvorder Mysticeti Family Balaenidae (4) Balaena mysticetus Bowhead whale Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena japonica North Pacific right whale Eubalaena australis Southern right whale Family Neobalaenidae (1) Caperea marginata Pygmy right whale Family Eschrichtiidae (1) Eschrichtius robustus Grey whale Family Balaenopteridae (8) Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata North Atlantic minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammoni North Pacific minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera borealis borealis Northern sei whale Balaenoptera borealis schlegellii Southern sei whale Balaenoptera edeni brydei Offshore Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni edeni Eden’s whale Balaenoptera musculus musculus Northern blue whale Balaenoptera musculus intermedia Antarctic blue whale Balaenoptera musculus indica Northern Indian Ocean blue whale Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda Pygmy blue whale Balaenoptera omurai Omura’s whale Balaenoptera physalus patachonica Pygmy fin whale Balaenoptera physalus physalus Northern fin whale Balaenoptera physalus quoyi Southern fin whale © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 R. W. Davis, Marine Mammals, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98280-9 281 282 Appendix 2. List of Marine Mammals by Latin and Common Name Megaptera novaeangliae australis Southern humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira North Pacific humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae novaeangliae North Atlantic humpback whale Parvorder Odontoceti Family Physeteridae (1) Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Family Kogiidae (2) Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale Kogia sima Dwarf sperm whale Family Ziphiidae (22) Berardius arnuxii Arnoux’s beaked whale Berardius bairdii Baird’s beaked whale Hyperoodon ampullatus Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon planifrons Southern bottlenose whale Indopacetus pacificus Longman’s beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby’s beaked whale Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews’ beaked whale Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Hubbs’ beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais’ beaked whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon greyi Grey’s beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori Hector’s beaked whale Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala’s beaked whale Mesoplodon layardii Strap-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus True’s beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini Perrin’s beaked whale Mesoplodon peruvianus Pygmy beaked whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri Stejneger’s beaked whale Mesoplodon traversii Spade-toothed whale Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville’s beaked whale Tasmacetus shepherdi Shepherd’s beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier’s beaked whale Family Platanistidae (1) Platanista gangetica gangetica Ganges River dolphin Platanista gangetica minor Indus River dolphin Family Iniidae (1) Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana Orinoco River dolphin Inia geoffrensis geoffrensis Common boto Family Pontoporiidae (1) Pontoporia blainvillei Franciscana Family Monodontidae (2) Delphinapterus leucas Beluga whale Monodon monoceros Narwhal Family Delphinidae (37) Cephalorhynchus commersonii commersonii Commerson’s dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii kerguelenensis Kerguelen Islands Commerson’s dolphin Cephalorhynchus eutropia Chilean dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Heaviside’s dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori South Island Hector’s dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori maui North Island Hector’s dolphin Delphinus delphis bairdii Eastern North Pacific long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis tropicalis Indo-Pacific common dolphin Delphinus delphis delphis Short-beaked common dolphin Appendix 2. List of Marine Mammals by Latin and Common Name 283 Delphinus delphis ponticus Black Sea common dolphin Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas edwardii Southern long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas melas North Atlantic long-finned pilot whale Grampus griseus Risso’s dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser’s dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis Peale’s dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger Hourglass dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Pacific white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus fitzroyi Fitzroy’s dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus obscurus African dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus posidonia Peruvian/Chilean dusky dolphin Lissodelphis borealis Northern right whale dolphin Lissodelphis peronii Southern right whale dolphin Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella heinsohni Australian snubfin dolphin Orcinus orca Killer whale Peponocephala electra Melon-headed whale Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis chinensis Chinese humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis taiwanensis Taiwanese humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea Indian Ocean humpback dolphin Sousa sahulensis Australian humpback dolphin Sotalia fluviatilis Tucuxi Sotalia guianensis Guiana dolphin Stenella attenuata attenuata Offshore pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata graffmani Coastal pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella clymene Clymene dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella longirostris centroamericana Central American spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris longirostris Grey’s spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris orientalis Eastern spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris roseiventris Dwarf spinner dolphin Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin Tursiops aduncus Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus ponticus Black Sea bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin Family Phocoenidae (7) Neophocaena phocaenoides Indo-Pacific finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis Yangtze finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri East Asian finless porpoise Phocoena dioptrica Spectacled porpoise Phocoena phocoena phocoena Atlantic harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena vomerina Eastern Pacific harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena relicta Black Sea harbor porpoise Phocoena sinus Vaquita Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli dalli Dalli-type Dall’s porpoise 284 Appendix 2. List of Marine Mammals by Latin and Common Name Phocoenoides dalli truei Truei-type Dall’s porpoise Order Sirenia Family Trichechidae (3) Trichechus inunguis Amazon manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris Florida manatee Trichechus manatus manatus Antillean manatee Trichechus senegalensis African manatee Family Dugongidae (1) Dugong dugon Dugong Order Carnivora
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    Environmental Assessment of a Marine Geophysical Survey by the R/V Marcus G. Langseth in the central Gulf of Alaska, June 2011 Prepared for United States Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 345 Middlefield Rd. Menlo Park, CA 94025 and National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 725 Arlington, VA 22230 by LGL Ltd., environmental research associates 22 Fisher St., POB 280 King City, Ont. L7B 1A6 14 January 2011 Revised 15 April 2011 LGL Report P1198-1 Environmental Assessment for a USGS GOA Seismic Survey, 2011 Page ii Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................................... vi LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................... viii I. PURPOSE AND NEED .................................................................................................................................. 1 II. ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING PROPOSED ACTION ..................................................................................... 2 Proposed Action ................................................................................................................................. 2 (1) Project Objectives and Context .......................................................................................... 2 (2) Proposed Activities ............................................................................................................