Kinematics and efficiency of steady swimming in adult axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1863-1871

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maxicanum; Anguilliform swimming; Axolotl; Efficiency; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0030800284     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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