Blessing, Manfred H.

2 publications

Blessing, Manfred H. (detail)
1972Studies on the concentration of myoglobin in the sea-cow and porpoise.
Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. Comp. Physiol. 41(3): 475-480. 2 tabs. 1 fig. Mar. 1, 1972.
—Data on cardiac and skeletal muscle myoglobin of "Trichechus manatus inunguis" show that the manatee has relatively little myoglobin, but that there are concentrations of it in the diaphragm, jaw, and forelimb muscles.
Blessing, Manfred H.; Ligensa, Klaus; Winner, Reinhard (detail)
1972Zur Morphologie der Milz einiger im Wasser lebender Säugetiere.
Zs. Wiss. Zool. (Leipzig) 184(1/2): 164-204. 6 tabs. 12 figs.
—Compares spleens of two T. inunguis with those of various cetaceans and pinnipeds, and describes their gross and microscopical anatomy (166-171, 173-178, 182-188, 190, 193, 195-203).