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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Tool for Marine Mammal Research and Care.

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Ruesch, A; McKnight, JC; Fahlman, A; Shinn-Cunningham, BG; Kainerstorfer, JM
Published in: Frontiers in physiology
January 2021

Developments in wearable human medical and sports health trackers has offered new solutions to challenges encountered by eco-physiologists attempting to measure physiological attributes in freely moving animals. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is one such solution that has potential as a powerful physio-logging tool to assess physiology in freely moving animals. NIRS is a non-invasive optics-based technology, that uses non-ionizing radiation to illuminate biological tissue and measures changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin concentrations inside tissues such as skin, muscle, and the brain. The overall footprint of the device is small enough to be deployed in wearable physio-logging devices. We show that changes in hemoglobin concentration can be recorded from bottlenose dolphins and gray seals with signal quality comparable to that achieved in human recordings. We further discuss functionality, benefits, and limitations of NIRS as a standard tool for animal care and wildlife tracking for the marine mammal research community.

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Frontiers in physiology

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1664-042X

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1664-042X

Publication Date

January 2021

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12

Start / End Page

816701

Related Subject Headings

  • 3208 Medical physiology
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1116 Medical Physiology
  • 0606 Physiology
 

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Ruesch, A., McKnight, J. C., Fahlman, A., Shinn-Cunningham, B. G., & Kainerstorfer, J. M. (2021). Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Tool for Marine Mammal Research and Care. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 816701. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.816701
Ruesch, Alexander, J Chris McKnight, Andreas Fahlman, Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham, and Jana M. Kainerstorfer. “Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Tool for Marine Mammal Research and Care.Frontiers in Physiology 12 (January 2021): 816701. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.816701.
Ruesch A, McKnight JC, Fahlman A, Shinn-Cunningham BG, Kainerstorfer JM. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Tool for Marine Mammal Research and Care. Frontiers in physiology. 2021 Jan;12:816701.
Ruesch, Alexander, et al. “Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Tool for Marine Mammal Research and Care.Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 12, Jan. 2021, p. 816701. Epmc, doi:10.3389/fphys.2021.816701.
Ruesch A, McKnight JC, Fahlman A, Shinn-Cunningham BG, Kainerstorfer JM. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Tool for Marine Mammal Research and Care. Frontiers in physiology. 2021 Jan;12:816701.

Published In

Frontiers in physiology

DOI

EISSN

1664-042X

ISSN

1664-042X

Publication Date

January 2021

Volume

12

Start / End Page

816701

Related Subject Headings

  • 3208 Medical physiology
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1116 Medical Physiology
  • 0606 Physiology