Curve walking in freely moving crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1315-1329

  Domenici, Paolo ^a   Jamon, Marc ^a   Clarac, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Crayfish; Kinematics; Locomotion; Procambarus clarkii; Turning; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031832815     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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