Constraints on starting and stopping: Behavior compensates for reduced pectoral fin area during braking of the bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4735-4746

  Higham, Timothy E ^a   Malas, Brett ^b   Jayne, Bruce C ^c   Lauder, George V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Braking; Centrarchidae; Deceleration; Feeding; Intermittent locomotion; Kinematics; Lepomis macrochirus; Morphology; Pectoral fin; Predation; Starting; Stopping; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; LOCOMOTION; PERCIFORMES; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 31044451900     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01966     Document Type: Article

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