Locomotor design of dolphin vertebral columns: Bending mechanics and morphology of Delphinus delphis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-81

  Long Jr , John H ^a   Pabst, D Ann ^b   Shepherd, William R ^a   McLellan, William A ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cetaceans; Delphinus delphis; elastic energy; intervertebral discs; saddleback dolphin; stiffness damping; swimming; vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; JOINT; LIGAMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; JOINTS; LIGAMENTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLES; SPINE;

EID: 0031020553     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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