Effects of ram speed on prey capture kinematics of juvenile Indo-Pacific tarpon, Megalops cyprinoides

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-84

  Tran, Hoang Q ^a   Mehta, Rita S ^a   Wainwright, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding kinematics; Megalops cyprinoides; Ram speed; Ram suction feeding; Tarpon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EUPHAUSIACEA; FISH; PALAEMONIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EUPHAUSIACEA; FISHES; PALAEMONIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

MEGALOPS CYPRINOIDES;

EID: 77950339153     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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