Function of the heterocercal tail in white sturgeon: Flow visualization during steady swimming and vertical maneuvering

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3585-3594

  Liao, J ^a   Lauder, G V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser transmontanus; Flow visualization; Force balance; Heterocercal tail; Hydrodynamics; Locomotion; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TAIL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FISHES; SWIMMING; TAIL; VIDEO RECORDING;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ACTINOPTERYGII; ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0034476429     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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