Locomotor behavior across an environmental transition in the ropefish, Erpetoichthys calabaricus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 530-537

  Pace, Cinnamon M ^a   Gibb, Alice C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibious fish; Kinematics; Swimming; Terrestrial undulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FISH; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; LOCOMOTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

ERPETOICHTHYS; ERPETOICHTHYS CALABARICUS; PISCES;

EID: 79951494438     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.047902     Document Type: Article

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