A hydrodynamic analysis of fish swimming speed: Wake structure and locomotor force in slow and fast labriform swimmers

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2379-2393

  Drucker, E G ^a   Lauder, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black surfperch; Bluegill sunfish; Digital particle image velocimetry; Embiotoca jacksoni; Flow visualization; Hydrodynamics; Lepomis macrochirus; Pectoral fin locomotion; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; PERCH; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PERCHES; PERCIFORMES; RHEOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SWIMMING;

EID: 0033824689     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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