The use of gait transition speed in comparative studies of fish locomotion

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 555-566

  Drucker, Eliot G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745992549     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.6.555     Document Type: Article

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