Morphological specializations of baleen whales associated with hydrodynamic performance and ecological niche

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1284-1294

  Woodward, Becky L ^a,d   Winn, Jeremy P ^b   Fish, Frank E ^c  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Feeding ecology; Functional morphology; Mysticete; Swim performance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING; WHALE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; WHALES;

BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; DIGENEA (FLUKES); ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 33751204143     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10474     Document Type: Article

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