Flexural and torsional stiffness in multi-jointed biological beams

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Etnier, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COMATULIDA; CRINOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035108284     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543080     Document Type: Article

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