Maximum force production: Why are crabs so strong?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1451, 2000, Pages 1475-1480

  Taylor, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachyurans; Crustacea; Decapoda; Muscle stress; Muscle tension; Uniramia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BITE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; HOOF AND CLAW; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

ANIMALIA; ANTENNARIUS; CANCER ANTENNARIUS; CANCER BRANNERI; CANCER GRACILIS; CANCER MAGISTER; CANCER OREGONENSIS; CANCER PRODUCTUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); UNIRAMIA;

EID: 0034702469     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1167     Document Type: Article

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