Morphological basis of kinematic diversity in feeding sunfishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3101-3110

  Wainwright, Peter C ^a,b   Shaw, Samantha S ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Feeding; Kinematics; Largemouth bass; Lepomis macrochirus; Lepomis punctatus; Lever; Micropterus salmoides; Scaling; Sunfish

Indexed keywords

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS PUNCTATUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0033403086     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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