... to their offspring, which will not be reflected in their FMR. Finally, to provide a direct link between behaviour (i.e. respiration rate) and bioenergetics, we calculated the energetic cost per breath of right whales, to aid future studies assessing the effects of human disturbance on large baleen whales...

... http://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Morphology predicts behavior and physiological performance, which for rorquals results in both biomechanical and ecological constraints. Filtration Scaling Baleen whale Constraints Body size influences the evolution...

...Kelsey N. Gil; Margo A. Lillie; A. Wayne Vogl; Robert E. Shadwick ABSTRACT The upper respiratory tract of rorquals, lunge-feeding baleen whales, must be protected against water incursion and the risk of barotrauma at depth, where air-filled spaces like the bony nasal cavities may experience high...

... shut-down ( Dolman et al., 2009 ). The heterogeneity in behavioural responsiveness of baleen whales to sonar observed here and in other studies (e.g. Dunlop et al., 2013 ; Goldbogen et al., 2013 ) suggests that both between- and within-species variation should be considered when performing...

...Malene Simon; Mark Johnson; Peter T. Madsen SUMMARY Rorqual baleen whales lunge feed by engulfment of tons of prey-laden water in a large and expandable buccal pouch. According to prior interpretations, feeding rorquals are brought to a near-halt at the end of each lunge by drag forces primarily...