Fish swimming: Patterns in muscle function

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3397-3403

  Altringham, John D ^a   Ellerby, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish; Kinematics; Muscle; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FISH; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FISHES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033400498     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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