Kinematics and hydrodynamics of linear acceleration in eels, Anguilla rostrata

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1557, 2004, Pages 2535-2540

  Tytell, Eric D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Anguilla rostrata; Anguilliform fish swimming; Eels; Fluid dynamics; Manoeuvring

Indexed keywords

EEL; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION;

ACCELERATION; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SWIMMING; TAIL; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

ACCELERATION; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 16644392419     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2901     Document Type: Article

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