Whole-body lift and ground effect during pectoral fin locomotion in the northern spearnose poacher (Agonopsis vulsa)

Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 393-402

  Nowroozi, Bryan N ^a   Strother, James A ^b   Horton, Jaquan M ^c   Summers, Adam P ^c   Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonidae; Fluid flow; Lift; Locomotion kinematics; Negative buoyancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; SWIMMING;

AGONIDAE; AGONOPSIS VULSA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 68849130190     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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