Undulatory fish swimming: From muscles to flow

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-103

  Müller, Ulrike K ^a   Van Leeuwen, Johan L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Muscle morphology; Muscle strain; Swimming kinematics; Undulatory swimming; Wake structure

Indexed keywords

EEL; FISH; MUSCLE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 33646676728     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2006.00210.x     Document Type: Review

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