The kinematics and performance of fish fast-start swimming

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1165-1178

  Domenici, Paolo ^a,b   Blake, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

escape response; fast start; feeding strike; fish; kinematics; locomotion; predator prey interactions; swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030988141     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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