Water skating in the larvae of Dixella aestivalis (Diptera) and Hydrobius fuscipes (Coleoptera)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 845-853

  Brackenbury, John ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air water interface; Dixella aestivalis; Hydrobius fuscipes; Kinematics; Locomotion; Water skating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032936693     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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