Function of dorsal fins in bamboo shark during steady swimming

Zoology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 224-231

  Maia, Anabela ^a   Wilga, Cheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

3D kinematics; Elasmobranchs; Electromyography; Locomotion; Median fins

Indexed keywords

3D KINEMATICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASMOBRANCH; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIN (ORGAN); LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIAN FINS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHARK; SWIMMING;

3D KINEMATICS; ELASMOBRANCHS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; MEDIAN FINS;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHARKS; SWIMMING;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; HEMISCYLLIIDAE; ORECTOLOBIFORMES;

EID: 84880332717     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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