Aquatic adaptations in the nose of carnivorans: Evidence from the turbinates

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-310

  Van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^a   Curtis, Abigail ^a   Samuels, Joshua X ^a,b   Bird, Deborah ^a   Fulkerson, Brian ^c   Meachen Samuels, Julie ^a,d   Slater, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b John Day Fossil Beds National Monument   (United States)

^c Engineering IV   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Nasal turbinates; Olfaction; Pinniped; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARNIVORA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FRESHWATER FISH; GULO GULO; HABITAT; HEAT LOSS; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; LONTRA CANADENSIS; MALE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; MONACHUS TROPICALIS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSTELA FRENATA; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; OLFACTORY TRACT; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; POLAR BEAR; POTOS FLAVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCYONIDAE; RACCOON; SEAL; SMELLING; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TURBINATE; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARNIVORA; PHYLOGENY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURBINATES;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PROCYONIDAE; URSIDAE;

EID: 79951608988     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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