Dynamics of pectoral fin rowing in a fish with an extreme rowing stroke: The threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1925-1939

  Walker, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration reaction; Blade element analysis; Circulatory force; Energetics; Locomotion; Mechanical efficiency; Mechanical power; Unsteady fluid dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIMB; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EXTREMITIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 3042695374     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00994     Document Type: Article

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