Does body and fin form affect the maneuverability of fish traversing vertical and horizontal slits?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Webb, Paul W ^a   LaLiberte, Gina D ^b   Schrank, Amy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelfish; Goldfish; Maneuver; Silver dollar; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001986925     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00001692     Document Type: Article

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