Skin density and its influence on buoyancy in the manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), and bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 765-778

  Kipps, E K ^a   Mclellan, W A ^a   Rommel, S A ^b   Pabst, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Buoyancy; Density; Energetics; Harbor porpoise; Hydrodynamic; Hydrostatic; Manatee; Skin

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CETACEAN; ENERGETICS;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0036287762     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01072.x     Document Type: Article

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