Forelimb kinematics during swimming in the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, compared with other turtle taxa: Rowing versus flapping, convergence versus intermediacy

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 668-680

  Rivera, Angela R V ^a,c   Rivera, Gabriel ^b   Blob, Richard W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle of attack; Apalone; Biomechanics; Caretta; Evolution; Locomotion; Trachemys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; HUMERUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; TURTLES;

EID: 84873430182     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.079715     Document Type: Article

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