Fast-swimming hydromedusae exploit velar kinematics to form an optimal vortex wake

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2025-2033

  Dabiri, John O ^a   Colin, Sean P ^b   Costello, John H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Jellyfish; Locomotion; Nemopsis bachei; Vortices; Wake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCYPHOZOA; SWIMMING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; SCYPHOZOA; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; HYDROZOA; NEMOPSIS BACHEI; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33745635031     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02242     Document Type: Article

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