Can habitat characteristics shape vertebral morphology in dolphins? An example of two phylogenetically related species from southern South America

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Marchesi, María Constanza, Mora, Matias Sebastian, Pimper, Lida Elena, Crespo, Enrique Alberto, Prosser Goodall, Rae Natalie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: PEALE?S DOLPHIN; HOURGLASS DOLPHIN; CONTRASTING HABITATS; BIOMECHANICS; VERTEBRAL MORPHOLOGY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentina; Marchesi; Hourglass dolphin; Lagenorhynchus cruciger
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/43497

Fast swimming pelagic cetacean species have osteological characteristics that promote a more stable spine in comparison to that of coastal species. The Peale?s dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) and the hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger) have a close phylogenetic relationship and are found...