Water-escape velocities in jumping blacktip sharks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-391

  Brunnschweiler, Juerg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carcharhinus limbatus; Elasmobranch; Swimming speed

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; SWIMMING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; MOTION; RHEOLOGY; SHARKS; SWIMMING; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33645058495     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2005.0047     Document Type: Article

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