Body Fineness Ratio as a Predictor of Maximum Prolonged-Swimming Speed in Coral Reef Fishes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Walker, Jeffrey A ^a   Alfaro, Michael E ^b   Noble, Mae M ^c   Fulton, Christopher J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MODEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY BUILD; BODY FINENESS RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORAL REEF; DRAG MODEL; EMPIRICISM; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE SWIMMING PERFORMANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PROLONGED SWIMMING SPEED; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84885772328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075422     Document Type: Article

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