Feeding biomechanics of juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3826-3835

  Case, Janelle E ^a   Westneat, Mark W ^b   Marshall, Christopher D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Feeding; Kinematics; Lutjanus campechanus; Red snapper

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PERCIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; VIDEO RECORDING;

LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS;

EID: 57449086855     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.014464     Document Type: Article

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