Hydrodynamics-based functional forms of activity metabolism: A case for the power-law polynomial function in animal swimming energetics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Papadopoulos, Anthony ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POWER LAW POLYNOMIAL FUNCTION; STEADY STATE; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 63749088871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004852     Document Type: Article

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