Muscle length changes during swimming in scup: Sonomicrometry verifies the anatomical high-speed cine technique

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 459-463

  Coughlin, David J ^a   Valdes, Lexia ^b   Rome, Lawrence C ^b  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fish swimming; Muscle strain; Red muscle; Scup; Sonomicrometry; Stenotomus chrysops; White muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SWIMMING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FISHES; MOTION PICTURES; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLES; SARCOMERES; SWIMMING;

EID: 4243486902     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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