Mechanical properties of sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) vertebrae in relation to spinal deformity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4256-4263

  Huber, Daniel R ^a   Neveu, Danielle E ^a,c   Stinson, Charlotte M ^a,c   Anderson, Paul A ^b,d   Berzins, Ilze K ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^b The Florida Aquarium Center for Conservation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Sea Research Foundation Inc   (United States)

^e One World One Water One Health LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allostery; Globin; Hibernation; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; ELASMOBRANCH; FISH DISEASE; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; SKELETAL BIOMECHANICS; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MALFORMATION; STIMULATION; VERTEBRAE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ELASMOBRANCH; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; SKELETAL BIOMECHANICS; SPINAL DEFORMITY; VERTEBRAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FISH DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SHARKS; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINE; ZINC;

EID: 84887313703     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085753     Document Type: Article

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