Motor patterns of labriform locomotion: Kinematic and electromyographic analysis of pectoral fin swimming in the labrid fish Gomphosus varius

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1881-1893

  Westneat, Mark W ^a   Walker, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bird wrasse; Electromyography; Gomphosus varius; Kinematics; Labridae; Locomotion; Pectoral fin; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030872819     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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