Locomotor mechanics during early life history: Effects of size and ontogeny on fast-start performance of salmonid fishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1465-1479

  Hale, Melina E ^a,b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast; Fish; Functional morphology; Life history; Locomotion; Oncorhynchus kisutch; Oncorhynchus tshawyscha; Ontogeny; Salmo trutta; Salmonidae; Start; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 0032968399     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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