Environmental effects on undulatory locomotion in the American eel Anguilla rostrata: Kinematics in water and on land

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 949-961

  Gillis, Gary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla rostrata; Behavior; Eel; Kinematics; Locomotion; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031945964     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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