Brain growth in the harbor porpoise and pacific white-sided dolphin

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1353-1360

  Marino, Lori ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain growth; Cetacean; Harbor porpoise; Lagenorhynchus obliquidens; Pacific white sided dolphin; Phocoena phocoena

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0000960064     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383186     Document Type: Article

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