Model for the thermoregulation of sea lions
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"INTRODUCTION Mathematical modeling in biological systems is a relatively new and challenging field for chemical engineers. Application of heat and mass transfer and reaction kinetics allows development of these models for biological systems in accordance with the basic physical laws of nature. Most physiological control systems are very complex and are difficult to describe on an intuitive approach. Prediction or interpretation of experimental results may involve separation of many interacting factors. Although thermoregulation has this characteristic in common with most physiological control systems, it has the distinction that parts of the overall system obey relatively simple physical laws which can be combined in quantitative form. Marine mammals face particularly severe thermal challenges from their environment. An animal diving in the ocean not only encounters the latitudinal and seasonal temperature changes in oceanic waters, but also goes through a vertical stratification of temperatures on a very short term basis. While on land they encounter great seasonal and diurnal changes in temperature. So the study of the thermoregulatory system during both surface activity and diving could be of considerable importance to the understanding of thermoregulation of mammals in general."--Page 1.
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