SKIN DENSITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON BUOYANCY IN THE MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS), HARBOR PORPOISE (PHOCOENA PHOCOENA), AND BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS)
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Marine Mammal Science
- Vol. 18 (3) , 765-778
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01072.x
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