Bergey, Michael

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Bergey, Michael; Baier, Horst (detail)
1987Lung 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.