Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Bergey, Michael; Baier, Horst | ||
| 1987 | Lung mechanical properties in the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). Respir. Physiol. 68(1): 63-75. 5 tabs. 4 figs. –Heavy cartilaginous reinforcements of airways were found to permit high expiratory flow rates at all lung volumes; to possibly compensate for low elastic recoil of lungs due to high gas/tissue ratio; and to prevent airway collapse during exhalation. | ||
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Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
| x | 1987 | Bergey & Baier (TML; lung mechanical properties; 63-75.) |
Respiratory System
| x | * | 1987 | Bergey & Baier (TML; lung mechanical properties; 63-75.) |
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
| x | * | 1987 | Bergey & Baier (lung mechanical properties; 63-75.) |