Kinematic properties of the jellyfish Aurelia sp.

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 279-289

  Bajcar, Tom ^a   Malačič, Vlado ^b   Malej, Alenka ^b   Širok, Brane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bell pulsation; Computer aided visualization; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KINEMATICS; SHRINKAGE; SURFACE RELAXATION; VISUALIZATION;

AURELIA; CAVITY VOLUMES; KINEMATIC PROPERTIES; MEDUSAE; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SCYPHOMEDUSA; SCYPHOZOA; SIMPLE METHODS; SURFACE AREAS; TIME SERIES; VIDEO IMAGES; VISUALIZATION METHODS; VOLUME CHANGES;

BELLS;

AQUARIUM; JELLYFISH; KINEMATICS; TIME SERIES; VIDEOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

AURELIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 57449103768     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9589-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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