Effects of metamorphosis on the aquatic escape response of the two-lined salamander (Eurycea bislineata)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 841-849

  Azizi, Emanuel ^a   Landberg, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian metamorphosis; C start; Caudata; Escape response; Eurycea bislineata; Kinematics; Locomotion; Plethodontidae; Salamander; Swimming; Tail morphology

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TAIL; URODELA; WATER;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; EURYCEA; EURYCEA BISLINEATA; PISCES; PLETHODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036332142     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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