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Ultrasonography: a Non-Invasive Tool for the Study of Structure and Mechanical Events in Marine Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

John Davenport
John Davenport
Affiliation:
University Marine Biological Station Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland, KA28 OEG
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Underwater ultrasonography is a useful tool for studying structure and mechanical events in live, fairly large marine animals that do not possess an unduly thick, calcified integument. The limit of discrimination with present technology is about 2 mm, so fine detail is absent; the transducer has to be within 1–2 cm of the animal being studied or attenuation of the ultrasound by sea-water will restrict penetration of tissues. The non-invasive nature of the technique makes it ideal for the study of valuable or particularly delicate animals (e.g. Eledone); there would also appear to be considerable potential for use of ultrasonography as a teaching/demonstration aid in marine biology.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 73 , Issue 2 , May 1993 , pp. 461 - 464
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1993

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