Scaling of suction-feeding kinematics and dynamics in the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2103-2114

  Van Wassenbergh, Sam ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buccal pressure; Dynamic modelling; Prey capture; Scaling

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CATFISH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CATFISHES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 20744451768     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01603     Document Type: Article

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