Hydrodynamic stability of swimming in ostraciid fishes: Role of the carapace in the smooth trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter (Teleostei: Ostraciidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 725-744

  Bartol, Ian K ^a   Gharib, Morteza ^b   Weihs, Daniel ^c   Webb, Paul W ^d   Hove, Jay R ^b   Gordon, Malcolm S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boxfish; Hydrodynamics; Lactophrys triqueter; Moment; Particle image velocimetry; Pressure; Stability; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FISH; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; FISHES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PRESSURE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; LACTOPHRYS; LACTOPHRYS TRICORNIS; LACTOPHRYS TRIGONUS; LACTOPHRYS TRIQUETER; OSTRACIIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0242515918     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00137     Document Type: Article

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