Vertebral column morphology, C-start curvature, and the evolution of mechanical defenses in tetraodontiform fishes

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 971-984

  Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a   Patek, Sheila N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONACANTHUS; PISCES; STEPHANOLEPIS HISPIDUS; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 0032583418     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447344     Document Type: Article

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