Behavioral Performance and Evolution of Feeding Modes in Odontocetes

Behavioral Performance and Evolution of Feeding Modes in Odontocetes

Vertebrate evolution has resulted in a diversity of feeding mechanisms. Cetaceans are secondarily derived tetrapods that have returned to a marine habitat. As a result, they display feeding modes that have converged with more basal aquatic vertebrates, but display a diversity of new solutions and ad...

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Main Author: Kane, Emily A.
Other Authors: Marshall, Christopher D.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Suction
Ram
Beluga
Pacific white-sided dolphin
Pilot whale
kinematic analysis
RSI
aperture shape
lateral occlusion
pursing
pressure measurement
performance
gap coding
ancestral state reconstruction
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-463

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