The immune response and diving: conservation considerations for belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in a changing Arctic environment

IF 1.9 4区 地球科学 Q3 ECOLOGY Polar Research Pub Date : 2021-11-10 DOI:10.33265/polar.v40.5499
L. A. Thompson, T. Romano
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Diving is a critical behaviour of marine mammals, including belugas, which dive to forage and travel under Arctic sea ice. While the limitations of dive behaviour and physiological dive adaptations have been the focus of several studies, cellular adaptations, particularly those of the immune system, have been little considered. However, diving itself presents several challenges that can impact immune responses, leading to disease or injury. As beluga dive their behaviour changes in response to human activity or environmental shifts. It is necessary to better understand how the beluga’s immune system functions during diving. This review provides a brief overview of what is known about beluga’s diving behaviour and physiology and discusses the first efforts to understand the link between diving and health via immune function in belugas. This new area of research is an important consideration regarding potential sub-lethal impacts of a rapidly changing Arctic environment on beluga’s diving behaviour, health and disease susceptibility.
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免疫反应和潜水:在不断变化的北极环境中对白鲸的保护考虑
潜水是海洋哺乳动物的一项重要行为,包括白鲸,它们在北极海冰下潜水觅食和旅行。虽然潜水行为和生理潜水适应的局限性已经成为几项研究的重点,但细胞适应,特别是免疫系统的适应,很少被考虑。然而,潜水本身带来了一些挑战,可能会影响免疫反应,导致疾病或受伤。当白鲸潜水时,它们的行为会随着人类活动或环境变化而改变。有必要更好地了解白鲸在潜水时的免疫系统是如何运作的。这篇综述提供了关于白鲸的潜水行为和生理学的简要概述,并讨论了通过白鲸的免疫功能了解潜水与健康之间联系的第一次努力。快速变化的北极环境对白鲸的潜水行为、健康和疾病易感性的潜在亚致命影响,这一新的研究领域是一个重要的考虑因素。
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Polar Research
Polar Research 地学-地球科学综合
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3.20
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22
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>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Since 1982, Polar Research has been the international, peer-reviewed journal of the Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway''s central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions. Aiming to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge about the Arctic and Antarctic across disciplinary boundaries, Polar Research serves an international community of researchers and managers. As an open-access journal, Polar Research makes its contents freely available to the general public. Original primary research papers comprise the mainstay of Polar Research. Review articles, brief research notes, letters to the editor and book reviews are also included. Special issues are published from time to time. The scope of Polar Research encompasses research in all scientific disciplines relevant to the polar regions. These include, but are not limited to, the subfields of biology, ecology, geology, oceanography, glaciology and atmospheric science. Submissions from the social sciences and those focusing on polar management and policy issues are welcome. Contributions about Antarctica are particularly encouraged.
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