Neuromuscular control of trout swimming in a vortex street: Implications for energy economy during the Kármán gait

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3495-3506

  Liao, James C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial muscle activity; Central pattern generators; Electromyography; Fish swimming; K rm n gait; Neural control; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout; Turbulence; Vortices

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; LINEAR MODELS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 6344260569     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01125     Document Type: Article

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