Flow-dependent porosity and other biomechanical properties of mysticete baleen

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1152-1159

  Werth, Alexander J ^a  

^a HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cetacea; Filter feeding; Hydrodynamics; Mysticete; Whale

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BOWHEAD WHALE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BOWHEAD WHALE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; KERATINS; MOVEMENT; POROSITY;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 84876144206     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.078931     Document Type: Article

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