The three-dimensional hydrodynamics of tadpole locomotion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2807-2819

  Liu, Hao ^a   Wassersug, Richard ^b   Kawachi, Keiji ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Kinematics; Morphology; Tadpole; Undulatory swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TAIL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HINDLIMB; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANIDAE; SWIMMING; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031278547     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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