Curvature of swimming fish midlines as an index of muscle strain suggests swimming muscle produces net positive work

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-256

  Katz, Stephen L ^a   Shadwick, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; FISH; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032555209     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0696     Document Type: Article

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