Vascular adaptations for heat conservation in the tail of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-353

  Rommel, Sentiel A ^a,b,c   Caplan, Heather ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Countercurrent heat exchange; Sirenia; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD VOLUME; CETACEA; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TAIL; THERMOREGULATION; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VENOUS BLOOD; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VENOUS RETURN;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 0037648688     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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