Morphology and development of blue whale baleen: An annotated translation of Tycho Tullberg's classic 1883 paper

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-252

  Fudge, Douglas S ^a   Szewciw, Lawrence J ^a   Schwalb, Astrid N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera musculus; Baleen; Blue whale; Development; Translation; Tullberg

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; WHALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA;

EID: 70350341985     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.2.2009.226     Document Type: Article

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