Anatomy of dolphins : insights into body structure and function / Bruno Cozzi, Stefan Huggenberger, Helmut Oelschläger ; illustrations by Massimo Demma, Uko Gorter, and Jutta Oelschläger.
Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource : color illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780124076556
- 0124076556
- QL737.C432
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2016).
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Natural history and evolution of dolphins : short history of dolphin anatomy -- General appearance and hydrodynamics (including skin anatomy) -- Locomotion (including osteology and myology) -- Diving : breathing, respiration, and the circulatory system -- Head and senses -- Brain, spinal cord, and cranial nerves -- Body control : the endocrine system and the peripheral nervous system -- Feeding and the digestive system -- Urinary system, genital systems, and reproduction -- Neurobiology and the evolution of dolphins.
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