Hydrodynamic function of the shark's tail

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7002, 2004, Pages 850-

  Wilga, C D ^a   Lauder, G V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; SHARK;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; TAIL; VELOCITY; VORTEX MOTION; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; WATER FLOW;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; SHARKS; SWIMMING; TAIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 4344631507     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/430850a     Document Type: Article

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