Kinematic and electromyographic analysis of steady pectoral fin swimming in the surfperches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1709-1723

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

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphistichus rhodoterus; Electromyography; Embiotoca lateralis; Embiotocidae; Kinematics; Pectoral fin locomotion; Surfperch; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030836606     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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