Burrowing in marine muds by crack propagation: Kinematics and forces

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4198-4212

  Dorgan, Kelly M ^a   Arwade, Sanjay R ^b   Jumars, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Burrowing; Burrowing forces; Burrowing mechanics; Fracture; Gelatin; Marine sediment; Nereis virens; Photoelastic stress analysis

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SOIL; TRANSDUCER; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GELATIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PHARYNX; POLYCHAETA; SOIL; TRANSDUCERS; VIDEO RECORDING;

BIVALVIA; CREEDIIDAE; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 38349079934     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.010371     Document Type: Article

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