Locomotion on the water surface: Hydrodynamic constraints on rowing velocity require a gait change

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2771-2785

  Suter, Robert B ^a   Wildman, Horatio ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic propulsion; Dolomedes triton; Gait; Locomotion; Spider

Indexed keywords

DOLOMEDES TRITON;

EID: 0032748586     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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