Flow visualisation and high speed video analysis of water jets in the snapping shrimp (Alpheus beterochaelis)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-49

  Herberholz, J ^a   Schmitz, B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonistic encounter; Alpheus heterochaelis; Flow visualisation; Snapping shrimp; Water jet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032772483     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050364     Document Type: Article

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