The orientation of cutaneous ridges influences the appearance of longitudinal stripes on the skin surface of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 711-718

  Gnone, Guido ^a   Caresano, Federico ^b   Cosmai, Tiziana ^a   Gnone, Ettore ^c  

^a Acquario di Genova   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PHOTOGRAPH; SKIN;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 47649108580     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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