Moved by that sinking feeling: Variable diving geometry underlies movement strategies in whale sharks

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 595-607

  Gleiss, Adrian C ^a   Norman, Brad ^b,c,d   Wilson, Rory P ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOCEAN INC   (Australia)

^c ECOCEAN ^*  (United States)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of transport; Dynamic body acceleration; Glide; Movement; Power; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; LOCOMOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHARK; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 79955490652     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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