Structural fiber reinforcement of keel b
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Jonna L. Hamilton; Richard M. Dillaman; William A. McLellan; D. Ann Pabst
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract This study investigated the functional morphology of the blubber that forms the caudal keels of the harbor porpoise (__Phocoena phocoena__). Blubber is a pliant biocomposite formed by adipocytes and structural fibers composed of collagen and elastic fibers. Caudal keels are dorsally and