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Andreas Fahlman
Department of Zoology
The University of British Columbia
6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Canada
Phone: +1-604-822-5043
Fax: +1-604-822-8121
E-mail: fahlman@zoology.ubc.ca

 
 
 

 
Andreas Fahlman

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

33. Fahlman, A., C. Svärd, D.A.S. Rosen, D.R. Jones, A.W. Trites. Metabolic costs of foraging and the management of O2 and CO2 stores in Steller sea lions. In press J Exp Biol

32. Fahlman, A., G.D. Hastie, D.A.S. Rosen, Y. Naito, A.W. Trites. 2008. Buoyancy does not affect diving metabolism during shallow dives in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) Aquatic Biology. 3: 147-154. PDF

31. Halsey, L.G, Y. Handrich, A. Fahlman, A. Schmidt, C.A. Bost, R.L. Holder, A.J. Woakes and P.J. Butler. 2008. Recovery from swimming-induced hypothermia in king penguins: Effects of nutritional condition. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 81: 434-441.

30. Fahlman, A., Wilson, R., Svärd, C., Rosen, D.A.S., Trites, A.W. 2008. Activity and diving metabolism correlate in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Aquatic Biology. 2: 75-84. PDF

29. Bostrom, B., A. Fahlman, and D.R. Jones. 2008. Tracheal compression delays alveolar collapse during deep diving in marine mammals. Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology, 161: 298-305. PDF

28. Fahlman, A. 2008.The pressure to understand the mechanism of lung compression and its effect on lung function. Journal of Applied Physiology-Invited editorial. 104:907-908. PDF

27. Montcalm-Smith, E.A., A. Fahlman, S.R. Kayar. 2008. Pharmacological interventions to decompression sickness in rats remain elusive. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine. 79: 7-13. PDF

26.Halsey, L.G, Y. Handrich, A. Fahlman, A. Schmidt, C.A. Bost, R.L. Holder, A.J. Woakes and P.J. Butler. Fine-scale analyses of diving energetics in king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus: how behaviour affects costs of a foraging dive. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 344: 299-309. PDF

25. Fahlman, A., A. Schmidt, D.R. Jones, B.L. Bostrom and Y. Handrich. 2007. To what extent might N2 limit dive performance in king penguins? J Exp Biol. 210: 3344-3355. PDF, Cover-art

24. Halsey, L.G., C.R. White, A. Fahlman, Y. Handrich and P.J. Butler. 2007. Estimating onshore energetics in penguins; theory, application and ecological implications.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 147: 1009-1014. PDF

23. Halsey, L.G, A. Fahlman, Y. Handrich, A. Schmidt, A.J. Woakes and P.J. Butler. 2007. How accurately can we estimate energetic costs in a marine top predator, the king penguin? Zoology. 110: 81-92. PDF, Cover-art

22. Bost, C.A., Y. Handrich, P.J Butler, A. Fahlman, L.Halsey, A.J.Woakes and Y.Ropert-Coudert. 2007. Change in dive profiles as an indicator of feeding success in king and Adélie penguins. Deep Sea Research II. 54: 248-255. PDF

21. Fahlman, A., and S.R. Kayar. 2006. Influence of Temperature on Decompression Sickness Risk in a Rat Model. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine. 77:795-800. PDF

20. Fahlman, A., L. G. Halsey, P.J. Butler, D.R. Jones, A. Schmidt, S. Durand, G. Froget, C-A. Bost, A.J. Woakes, C. Duchampand Y. Handrich. 2006. Accounting for body condition improves allometric estimates of resting metabolic rates in fasting king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus. Polar Biology. 29:609-614. PDF

19. Fahlman, A. and D. Dromsky.  2006. Dehydration effects on the risk of severe decompression sickness in a Porcine Model. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine.  77:102-106. PDF

18. Fahlman, A., A. Olszowka, B. Bostrom and D.R. Jones. 2006. Deep diving mammals: dive behavior and circulatory adjustments contribute to bends avoidance. Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology. 153: 66-77. PDF

17. Fahlman, A.,  A. Schmidt, A.J. Woakes, Y. Handrich, and P.J. Butler. 2005. Metabolism and thermoregulation during fasting in king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, in air and water. American Journal of Physiology, Regulatory,  Integrative and Comparative Physiology 289: R670-R679. PDF.

16. Terblanche. J.S.,  K. A. Tolley, A. Fahlman, K.H. Myburgh, and S. Jackson. 2005.  The acute hypoxic ventilatory response: testing the adaptive significance in human populations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiolgy A., 140:349-362. PDF.

15. Froget, G., P.J. Butler, A.J. Woakes, A. Fahlman, G. Kuntz, Y. Le Maho,  and Y. Handrich. 2004. Heart rate and energetics of free ranging king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 207: 3917-3926. PDF.

14. Terblanche, J.S., A. Fahlman, K.H.Myburgh, S. Jackson. 2004. Measurement reliability of highly variable physiological responses to experimentally-manipulated gas fractions. Physiological Measurements 25:1189-1197. PDF.

13. Fahlman, A., A.J. Woakes, Y. Handrich, C-A. Bost, C. Duchamp, and P.J Butler. 2004. The effect of fasting on the and fH  relationship in king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus.American Journal of Physiology, Regulatory,  Integrative and Comparative Physiology 287: R870-R877. PDF.

12. Dromsky, D.M., B.D. Spiess and A. Fahlman, 2004. Treatment of Decompression Sickness in Swine with Intravenous Perfluorocarbon Emulsion. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 75(4): 301-305. PDF.

11. Wilson, R.P., A.C. Simeone, G. Luna-Jorquera, S. Jackson, and A. Fahlman.  2003. Patterns of respiration in diving penguins: Is the last gasp based on inspired tactics?  Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 1751-1763. PDF.

10. Fahlman, A., and S. Kayar. 2003. Probabilistic modelling for estimating gas kinetics and decompression sickness risk in pigs during H2 biochemical decompression. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 65: 747-766. PDF.

9. Dromsky, D.M., P. Weathersby, and A. Fahlman. 2003. Prophylactic Treatment of Severe Decompression Sickness with High Dose Methylprednisolone.  Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine. 74(1): 21-28. PDF.

8. Fahlman, A., J, Fisher, A Vesley, H. Sasano, J. Terblanche, S. Jackson, and K. Myburgh. 2002. A simple breathing circuit to measure hypoxic ventilatory response during isocapnia. Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology. 133: 259-270. PDF.

7. Fahlman, A., W. C. Lin, W. B. Whitman, and S.R. Kayar. 2002. Modulation of decompression sickness risk in pigs with caffeine during H2 biochemical decompression. Journal of Applied Physiology. 93 (5): 1583-1589. PDF.

6. Kayar, S.R., and A. Fahlman.  2001.  Decompression Sickness Risk Reduced by Native Intestinal Flora in Pigs After H2 Dives. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. 28(2): 89-97. PDF.

5. Kayar, S. R., A. Fahlman, W. C. Lin, and W. B. Whitman.  2001.  Increasing activity of H2-metabolizing microbes lowers decompression sickness risk in pigs during H2 dives. Journal of Applied Physiology. 91 (6): 2713-2719. PDF.

4. Fahlman, A., P. Tikuisis, J. Himm, P.K. Weathersby, and S.R. Kayar. 2001.  On the likelihood of decompression sickness (DCS) during H2 Biochemical Decompression in pigs. Journal of Applied Physiology.  91 (6): 2720-2729. PDF.

3. Fahlman, A., J.A. Kaveeshwar, P. Tikuisis, and S.R. Kayar.  2000.  Calorimetry and Respirometry in Guinea Pigs in Hydrox and Heliox at 10-60 atm. Pflugers Archiv. 440: 843-851. PDF.

2. Dromsky, D.M., C.B. Toner, S.S. Survanshi, A. Fahlman, E.C. Parker, and P. Weathersby.  2000.  The Natural History of Severe Decompression Sickness after Rapid Ascent from Air Saturation in a Porcine Model. Journal of Applied Physiology. 89: 791-798. PDF.

1. Fahlman, A., J. Storey and K.B. Storey. 2000. Gene up-regulation in Heart During Mammalian Hibernation. Cryobiology. 40: 332-342. PDF.

 

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Ph.D. Thesis

1. Fahlman, A. 2000. On the Physiology of Hydrogen Diving and Its Implication for Hydrogen Biochemical Decompression. Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. PDF.

Technical reports

1. Fahlman, A. 2001.  A Modified Marquardt-Levenberg Paramater Estimation Routine for Matlab. Naval Medical Research Center, Technical Report No. 01-02. Silver Spring, MD. PDF.

 2. Parker, S.B., A. Fahlman, J. Braisted and C. D. Forcino. 2004. Mean arterial pressure and cerebral blood flow regression for prediction of central nervous system oxygen toxicity.   Naval Medical Research Center, Technical Report No. 2004-004. Silver Spring, MD.  

Published abstracts

Dromsky, D. M., C. B. Toner, A. Fahlman and P. K. Weathersby. 1999. Prophylactic Treatment of Severe Decompression Sickness with Methylprednisolone. Undersea. Hyperbar. Med. 26:15.

Fahlman, A., S.R. Kayar, W.C. Lin, and W.B. Whitman. 1999. Lower Decompression Sickness Risk in Pigs Supplied with H2-metabolizing Microbes During Dives in H2 . FASEB J. 13:A408. PDF.

Fahlman, A., S. R. Kayar, W. J. Becker, W. C. Lin and W. B. Whitman. 1999. Decompression Sickness Risk Correlated with Activity of H2-metabolizing Microbes Injected in Pigs Prior to Dives in H2. Undersea. Hyperbar. Med. 26:20. PDF.

Kayar, S. R., and Fahlman, A. 1999. Decompression Sickness Risk Reduced by H2 Metabolism of Native Intestinal Flora in Pigs During H2 Dives. FASEB J. 13:A408. PDF.

Fahlman, A., S.R. Kayar, P. Tikuisis, W.C. Lin and W.B. Whitman. 2000. Predicting Decompression Sickness Risk from H2 Dives Using Conventional vs. Biochemical Decompression in Pigs. FASEB J. 14:A612. PDF.

Kayar S.R., A. Fahlman, W.C. Lin and W.B. Whitman. 2000. H2 Biochemical Decompression in Pigs:Effects of 24 h in Hyperbaria. FASEB J. 14:A612. PDF.

Parker, S., A. Fahlman, J. Braisted and D. Forcino.  2000.  Physiological Variables Associated with Central Nervous System Hyperbaric Oxygen Toxicity. FASEB J;14:
A677. PDF.
 
Fahlman, A., S.R. Kayar, J. Himm, and P. Tikuisis. 2000. Probabilistic Modeling of Decompression Sickness (DCS) Risk for Pigs in H2. Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, 
Vol. 27, Supplement, Pg.42. PDF.
 
Dromsky, D.M., A. Fahlman, BD Spiess. 2000.Treatment of Severe Decompression Sickness in Swine with  Oxygent™, a Perfluorocarbon Emulsion. Undersea & 
Hyperbaric Medicine, Vol. 27, Supplement, Pg.67. PDF.
 
Fahlman, A, Tikuisis, P, Himm, JF, Weathersby, PK and Kayar, SR.  2001. On the likelihood of decompression sickness during H2 biochemical decompression in pigs. 
International Union of Physiological Sciences Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 27, 2001, Poster #518. PDF.

Kayar S.R., A. Fahlman, W.C. Lin and W.B. Whitman. 2001. Modulation of decompression sickness risk in pigs by caffeine administration during H2 biochemical decompression.  UHMS Annual Meeting. PDF.

Terblanche. J., A. Fahlman, C. McClure, S. Jackson, and K.H. Myburgh. 2002. Inter and intra day variability of the hypoxic ventilatory response during isocapnic hypoxia. Physiological Society of Southern Africa 30th Annual Congress, 8-11 September. PDF.

Terblanche. J., A. Fahlman, S. Jackson, and K.H. Myburgh. 2002. A comparison of oxygen sensitivity in two South African sea-level populations. Physiological Society of Southern Africa 30th Annual Congress, 8-11 September. PDF.

Fahlman, A., A. Schmidt, C.-A. Bost, P.J. Butler, A.J. Woakes, and Y. Handrich. 2004. The effect of fasting on rate of oxygen consumption in air versus water in king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus. Experimental Biology Annual meeting, poster LB433. PDF.

Lundgren, C.E.G., Wylegala, J., Lindholm, P., Warkander, D., Fahlman, A., Pendergast, D.R. 2005. Effects of respiratory muscle training on CO2 sensitivity in SCUBA divers. Undersea. Hyperbar. Med. Supplment. PDF

Fahlman, A., Wylegala, J., Lindholm, P., Pendergast, D.R., Lundgren, C.E.G. 2005 Twelve sessions of resistive respiratory muscle training improves underwater swimming endurance. Undersea. Hyperbar. Med. Supplment. PDF

Handrich,Y., Schmidt, A., Butler, P.J.,  Froget, G., Woakes, A.J.,  Fahlman, A. 2005. Thermoregulation in the diving king penguin. A complete feature: What is known and what is unexplained. Bio-logging Conference, St Andrews Scottland. PDF

Schmidt, A., Handrich,Y., Fahlman, A., Woakes, A. J., Butler, P.J. 2005. Alternative thermoregulatory strategies in King penguins at sea: physiological adjustments and energetics in relation with sustained diving activity versus interbout resting. Bio-logging Conference, St Andrews Scottland. PDF

Fahlman, A., B. Bostrom, 2006. Predicted nitrogen tensions during repeated breath-hold diving in humans Undersea. Hyperbar. Med. Supplement. PDF

Fahlman, A., K. Dhillon, D.R. Jones. 2006. Heritability of the mammalian dive response. Undersea. Hyperbar. Med. Supplement.

Fahlman, A., B. Bostrom, K. Dhillon, D.R. Jones. 2006. Heritability of the mammalian dive response. 2006 APS Intersociety Conference, Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity. PDF

Fahlman, A., G.D. Hastie, D.A.S. Rosen, A.W. Trites. 2007 The influence of buoyancy on diving metabolism of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Experimental Biology Annual meeting.

Fahlman, A., R.P. Wilson, D.A.S. Rosen, A.W. Trites. 2007. Swimming versus gliding during dives to depth in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Experimental Biology Annual meeting.

Fahlman, A., G.D. Hastie, D.A.S. Rosen, A.W. Trites. 2007. Open Water Steller Sea Lion Research Station provides new insights into the real costs of diving for food. Alaska Marine Science Symposium.