Morphological analysis of the bumpy profile of phocid vibrissae

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 733-743

  Ginter, Carly C ^a   Fish, Frank E ^a   Marshall, Christopher D ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HAIR; MORPHOLOGY; PINNIPED; SENSORY SYSTEM; VIBRATION; WATER FLOW;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 77954518970     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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