Meandering worms: Mechanics of undulatory burrowing in muds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1757, 2013, Pages

  Dorgan, Kelly M ^a   Law, Chris J ^a   Rouse, Greg W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelida; Biomechanics; Burrowing; Gait; Kinematics; Polychaete

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; BURROWING; KINEMATICS; MEANDER; MORPHOLOGY; MUD; MUSCLE; POLYCHAETE;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARMANDIA BREVIS; CREEDIIDAE; OPHELIIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84878434528     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2948     Document Type: Article

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