Locomotor function of the dorsal fin in teleost fishes: Experimental analysis of wake forces in sunfish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2943-2958

  Drucker, Eliot G ^a   Lauder, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluegill sunfish; Digital particle image velocimetry; Dorsal fin; Flow visualization; Lepomis macrochirus; Locomotion; Maneuvering; Swimming; Vortex wake; Wake interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSICS; SWIMMING;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0035746208     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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