Function of the medial red muscle during sustained swimming in common thresher sharks: Contrast and convergence with thunniform swimmers

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 454-463

  Bernal, Diego ^a   Donley, Jeanine M ^b   McGillivray, David G ^c   Aalbers, Scott A ^d   Syme, Douglas A ^c   Sepulveda, Chugey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b MiraCosta College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopiidae; Kinematics; Locomotion; Muscle shearing; Myotomal muscles; Red muscle; Swimming; Thresher shark

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAST MUSCLE; FIN WHALE; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SHARK; SLOW MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIIDAE; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIDAE; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 77249115158     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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