Prey handling using whole-body fluid dynamics in batoids

Zoology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-57

  Wilga, Cheryl D ^a   Maia, Anabela ^a   Nauwelaerts, Sandra ^b   Lauder, George V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic species; Functional morphology; Leucoraja erinacea; Prey capture kinematics; Urobatis halleri

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FIN (ORGAN); HISTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SKATES (FISH);

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKATES (FISH);

BATOIDEA; DASYATIDAE; LEUCORAJA ERINACEA; PISCES; UROBATIS HALLERI; UROLOPHIDAE;

EID: 84856223997     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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