The ontogenetic scaling of hydrodynamics and swimming performance in jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4125-4137

  McHenry, Matthew J ^a   Jed, Jason ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurelia aurita; Jellyfish; Jetting; Locomotion; Morphology; Scaling; Scyphomedusae; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCYPHOZOA; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCYPHOZOA; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; AURELIA; AURELIA AURITA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0345015513     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00649     Document Type: Article

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