Pregnancy is a drag: Hydrodynamics, kinematics and performance in pre-and postparturition bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4151-4159

  Noren, Shawn R ^a   Redfern, Jessica V ^b   Edwards, Elizabeth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Drag coefficient; Locomotion; Mechanics; Morphology; Odontocete; Speed; Stroke amplitude; Stroke frequency; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRTH; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SWIMMING;

EID: 83155175536     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059121     Document Type: Article

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