Kinematics of the ribbon fin in hovering and swimming of the electric ghost knifefish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 823-834

  Ruiz Torres, Ricardo ^a   Curet, Oscar M ^b,d   Lauder, George V ^c   MacIver, Malcolm A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic locomotion; Gymnotiform swimming; Swimming gait transition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; FIN (ORGAN); GAIT; GYMNOTIFORMES; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS; GAIT; GYMNOTIFORMES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; SWIMMING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84874154169     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.076471     Document Type: Article

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