Structure and Proportions of the Spermaceti Organ in the Sperm Whale
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 58 (1) , 1-17
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400024371
Abstract
As a basis for understanding the function of the spermaceti organ of the sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus L., details of the structure and proportions of the head, skin, blubber and lungs of the adult whale are described.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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