Functional implications of morphological specializations among the pectoral fin rays of the benthic longhorn sculpin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2703-2710

  Taft, Natalia K ^a,b   Taft, Benjamin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending; Fin ray; Lepidotrichia; Pectoral fin; Sculpin; Second moment of area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; FIN (ORGAN); HISTOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORMES;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ANIMALIA; MYOXOCEPHALUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS OCTODECEMSPINOSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863908370     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.063958     Document Type: Article

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