Pectoral fin locomotion in the striped surfperch: II. Scaling swimming kinematics and performance at a gait transition

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2243-2252

  Drucker, Eliot G ^a   Jensen, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Embiotoca lateralis; Gait transition; Kinematics; Labriform locomotion; Pectoral fin; Physiologically equivalent speed; Striped surfperch; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030457485     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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