Gross and microscopic visceral anatomy of the male Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Pinnipedia: Otariidae), with reference to organ size and growth

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-255

  Stewardson, Carolyn L ^a   Hemsley, Susan ^c   Meyer, Mike A ^b   Canfield, Paul J ^c   Maindonald, John H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Allometry; Organ growth; Pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE; CETACEA; COLON; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE VILLUS; KIDNEY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPLEEN; STOMACH; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FUR SEALS; HEART; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; STOMACH; VISCERA;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS PUSILLUS; CALYX; CETACEA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032875461     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005270     Document Type: Article

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