Coordination of feeding, locomotor and visual systems in parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3503-3518

  Rice, Aaron N ^a,b   Westneat, Mark W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Coral reef fish; Eye movements; Functional morphology; Herbivory; Kinematics; Parrotfish; Sensorimotor integration

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; LOCOMOTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; LOCOMOTION; PERCIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISION;

ANTHOZOA; LABRIDAE; PISCES; SCARIDAE; SCARUS; SCARUS QUOYI; SPARISOMA; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; SPARISOMA RADIANS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 26844556879     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01779     Document Type: Article

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