Functional morphology of the fin rays of teleost fishes

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 274, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1044-1059

  Flammang, Brooke E ^a   Alben, Silas ^b   Madden, Peter G A ^a   Lauder, George V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature; Flexural stiffness; Perturbation; Segment; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CURVATURE; FIN (ORGAN); FLEXURAL STIFFNESS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PERCIFORMES; PERTURBATION THEORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; SEGMENT; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SWIMMING;

CURVATURE; FLEXURAL STIFFNESS; PERTURBATION; SEGMENT; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXTREMITIES; PERCIFORMES; PLIABILITY; SWIMMING;

EID: 84881176761     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20161     Document Type: Article

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