Patterns of white muscle activity during terrestrial locomotion in the american eel (Anguilla rostrata)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 471-480

  Gillis, Gary B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla rostrata; Behaviour; Eel; Electromyography; Locomotion; Muscle; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLES; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; ROSTRATA;

EID: 0034007844     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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