Lift and drag performance of odontocete cetacean flippers

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2149-2158

  Weber, Paul W ^a   Howie, Laurens E ^a,b   Murray, Mark M ^c   Fish, Frank E ^d  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^d WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Computed tomography; Drag; Flipper; Hydrodynamics; Lift; Odontocete

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CETACEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CETACEA; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 67650086711     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.029868     Document Type: Article

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