Performance limits of labriform propulsion and correlates with fin shape and motion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-187

  Walker, Jeffrey A ^a   Westneat, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis; Critical swimming speed; Fish; Flapping; Gomphosus varius; Halichoeres bivittatus; Labridae; Locomotion; Moments of area; Morphometrics; Pseudocheilinus octotaenia; Rowing; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; FISHES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; CIRRHILABRUS; CIRRHILABRUS RUBRIPINNIS; GOMPHOSUS; GOMPHOSUS VARIUS; HALICHOERES; HALICHOERES BIVITTATUS; LABRIDAE; PSEUDOCHEILINUS OCTOTAENIA;

EID: 0036326830     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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