The kinematics of voluntary steady swimming of hatchling and adult axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum Shaw, 1789)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 305-316

  D'Août, Kristiaan ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambystoma mexicanum; Axolotl; Flow regime; Ontogeny; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004394310     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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