Quantitative computed tomography of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mandibles: Mechanical implications for rorqual lunge-feeding

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1240-1247

  Field, Daniel J ^a   Campbell Malone, Regina ^b   Goldbogen, Jeremy A ^a   Shadwick, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexural rigidity; Lunge feeding; Mandible; Quantitative computed tomography; Rorqual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMPBACK WHALE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE DENSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMPBACK WHALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954585878     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21165     Document Type: Article

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