The hydrodynamics of eel swimming II. Effect of swimming speed

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3265-3279

  Tytell, Eric D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla rostrata; Eel; Efficiency; Fish; Fluid dynamics; Kinematics; Particle image velocimetry; Swimming speed; Wake structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EEL; FLOW KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TAIL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; TAIL; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 5344251752     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01139     Document Type: Article

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