Swimming speed variation in amphibious seasnakes (Laticaudinae): A search for underlying mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 116-122

  Brischoux, François ^a   Kato, Akiko ^b   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Biomechanics; Seasnakes; Swimming speed; Undulations

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA; LATICAUDINAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 77956788190     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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