Anatomical adaptations of aquatic mammals

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-513

  Reidenberg, Joy S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anatomy; Aquatic; Cetacean; Evolution; Marine mammal; Pinniped; Sirenian

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC SPECIES; BODY BUILD; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FRESHWATER SPECIES; INTEGUMENT; LOCOMOTION; MARINE MAMMAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MAMMALS;

CETACEA; ENHYDRA; HEXAPROTODON; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; ODOBENIDAE; ODONTOCETI; OTARIIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 34250637228     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20541     Document Type: Review

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