Osmoregulation in wild and captive West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-457

  Ortiz, Rudy M ^a,b   Worthy, Graham A J ^a   MacKenzie, Duncan S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

EID: 0032126805     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515427     Document Type: Article

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