Hydrodynamic determination of the moving direction of an artificial fin by a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2194-2200

  Wieskotten, S ^a   Dehnhardt, G ^a   Mauck, B ^b   Miersch, L ^a   Hanke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Harbour seal; Hydrodynamic reception; PIV; Vibrissae; Vortex structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLOW KINETICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOCA; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 77953564918     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.041699     Document Type: Article

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