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Author Cozzi, Bruno, author.

Title Anatomy of dolphins : insights into body structure and function / Bruno Cozzi, Stefan Huggenberger, Helmut Oelschläger ; illustrations by Massimo Demma, Uko Gorter, and Jutta Oelschläger
Published Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Contents 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
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2016)
Subject Dolphins -- Anatomy
NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
Dolphins -- Anatomy
Form Electronic book
Author Huggenberger, Stefan, author
Oelschläger, Helmut A., author.
Demma, Massimo, 1955- illustrator.
Gorter, Uko, illustrator.
Oelschläger, Jutta, illustrator
ISBN 9780124076556
0124076556