Median fin function in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus: Streamwise vortex structure during steady swimming

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1516-1534

  Tytell, Eric D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal fin; Bluegill sunfish; Body shape; Dorsal fin; Fluid dynamics; Lepomis macrochirus; Median fin; Particle image velocimetry; Streamwise vortex; Vortex wake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; PERCIFORMES; SWIMMING;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES;

EID: 33646738139     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02154     Document Type: Article

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