Structural fiber reinforcement of keel blubber in harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-117

  Hamilton, Jonna L ^a,b   Dillaman, Richard M ^a   McLellan, William A ^a   Pabst, D Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocomposite; Blubber; Collagen; Porpoise

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; PORPOISE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; PORPOISES;

DIGENEA (FLUKES); INSERTION SEQUENCES; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 3142635279     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10232     Document Type: Article

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