Examination of the three-dimensional geometry of cetacean flukes using computed tomography scans: Hydrodynamic implications

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 614-623

  Fish, Frank E ^a   Beneski, John T ^a   Ketten, Darlene R ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Chord; Cross sectional geometry; Delphinus; Globicephala; Grampus; Kogia; Lagenorhynchus; Leading edge radius; Morphology; NACA0012; NACA0021; Odontocete; Phocoena; Stenella; Thickness ratio; Tursiops

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CETACEA; COMMON DOLPHIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PILOT WHALE; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERM WHALE; TREMATODE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CETACEA; EXTREMITIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SWIMMING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS; GLOBICEPHALA; GRAMPUS; KOGIA; LAGENORHYNCHUS; PHOCOENA; STENELLA (CETACEA); TURSIOPS;

EID: 34250681463     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20546     Document Type: Article

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