The hydrodynamics of locomotion at intermediate Reynolds numbers: Undulatory swimming in ascidian larvae (Botrylloides sp.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-343

  McHenry, Matthew J ^a,c   Azizi, Emanuel ^b   Strother, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Botrylloides sp; Intermediate Reynolds number; Larvae; Morphology; Swimming; Urochordata

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TAIL; UROCHORDATA; VISCOSITY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TAIL; UROCHORDATA; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; BOTRYLLOIDES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0347157006     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00069     Document Type: Article

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