Pectoral fin locomotion in the striped surfperch: I. Kinematic effects of swimming speed and body size

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2235-2242

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

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Embiotoca lateralis; Gait transition speed; Kinematics; Labriform locomotion; Pectoral fin; Striped surfperch; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030469921     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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