Energetics of swimming by the ferret: Consequences of forelimb paddling

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-143

  Fish, Frank E ^a   Baudinette, Russell V ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of transport; Energetics; Ferret; Hydrodynamics; Kinematics; Locomotion; Metabolic rate; Mustela putorius; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERRET; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SWIMMING;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 44849124790     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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