The flow fields involved in hydrodynamic imaging by blind Mexican cave fish (Astyanax fasciatus). Part I: Open water and heading towards a wall

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3819-3831

  Windsor, Shane P ^a,b   Norris, Stuart E ^a   Cameron, Stuart M ^a   Mallinson, Gordon D ^a   Montgomery, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astyanax fasciatus; Biomechanics; Blind cave fish; Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamic imaging; Lateral line

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BLINDNESS; FISH; FISH DISEASE; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SWIMMING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLINDNESS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER;

AMBLYOPSIDAE; ASTYANAX FASCIATUS; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS;

EID: 78649272212     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040741     Document Type: Article

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