Bibliography Record

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Wall, William P. (detail)
   
1983
The correlation between high limb-bone density and aquatic habits in Recent mammals.
Jour. Pal. 57(2): 197-207. 2 tabs. 3 figs. Mar. 1983.
–Compares bone densities of T. manatus and other mammals; considers the high density of sir. bones an adaptation for reducing buoyancy during shallow dives.

Related Index Records (3)

Histology
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton; other organ systems)
  x 1983 Wall, W.P. (TM; bone density; 197, 201-204.)

Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
  x 1983 Wall, W.P. (TM; bone density as diving adaptation; 197, 201-204.)

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1983 Wall, W.P. (bone density & aquatic adaptations; 197, 201-204.)


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