Locomotory transition from water to sand and its effects on undulatory kinematics in sand lances (Ammodytidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 657-664

  Gidmark, Nicholas J ^a   Strother, James A ^b   Horton, Jaquan M ^c   Summers, Adam P ^c   Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodytes; Anguilliform locomotion; Burrowing; Serpentine locomotion

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOCOMOTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; LOCOMOTION; PERCIFORMES; SILICON DIOXIDE; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951497022     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.047068     Document Type: Article

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