Hydrodynamics of the escape response in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3359-3369

  Tytell, Eric D ^a   Lauder, George V ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluegill sunfish; C start; Escape response; Fluid dynamics; Lepomis macrochirus; Maneuvering; Particle image velocimetry; Turning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLOW KINETICS; LIMB; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; ESCAPE REACTION; EXTREMITIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55549106480     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.020917     Document Type: Article

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