The functional role of caudal and anal/dorsal fins during the C-start of a bluegill sunfish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1658-1669

  Borazjani, Iman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluegill sunfish; C start; Escape; Fin; Hydrodynamics; Numerical simulation; Rapid start

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIN (ORGAN); HISTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PERCIFORMES; PRESSURE; SWIMMING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 84876881859     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.079434     Document Type: Article

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