Escape manoeuvres in the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2339-2349

  Domenici, Paolo ^a   Standen, Emily M ^b   Levine, Robert P ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogfish; Elasmobranch; Escape response; Kinematics; Locomotion; Manoeuvrability; Squalus acanthias; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOGFISH; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOMETRICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DOGFISH; ESCAPE REACTION; LOCOMOTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WASHINGTON;

ANIMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 3142569123     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01015     Document Type: Article

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