It's tough to be small: Dependence of burrowing kinematics on body size

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1241-1250

  Che, James ^a   Dorgan, Kelly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Burrowing mechanics; Cirratulidae; Cirriformia moorei; Fracture; Gelatin; Hydrostatic skeleton; Locomotion; Ontogenetic scaling; Peristalsis; Sediment mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLYCHAETA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

CIRRATULIDAE; CIRRIFORMIA; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77951440428     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.038661     Document Type: Article

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