Mechanical properties of red and white swimming muscles as a function of the position along the body of the eel Anguilla anguilla

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2221-2230

  D'Août, Kristiaan ^a   Curtin, N A ^a   Williams, T L ^a   Aerts, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; European eel; Kinetics; Muscle mechanics; Power; Red muscle; Swimming; White muscle; Work

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SARCOMERES; SWIMMING;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; CONGER MARGINALIS;

EID: 0035746199     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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