Scaling of suction-induced flows in bluegill: Morphological and kinematic predictors for the ontogeny of feeding performance

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2658-2668

  Holzman, Roi ^a   Collar, David C ^a,b   Day, Steven W ^c   Bishop, Kristin L ^a   Wainwright, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Hydrodynamics; Ontogeny; Scaling; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOW KINETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAW; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; RHEOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 52649144369     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.018853     Document Type: Article

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