Swimming kinematics and wake elements in a worm-like insect: The larva of the midge Chironomus plumosus (Diptera)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Brackenbury, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chironomus plumosus; Flow visualization; Kinematics; Larva; Negative buoyancy; Propulsion; Ring vortex; Swimming

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LARVA; SWIMMING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0037703135     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903003662     Document Type: Article

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