Squid rocket science: How squid launch into air

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-118

  O'Dor, Ron ^a   Stewart, Julia ^b   Gilly, William ^b   Payne, John ^c   Borges, Teresa Cerveira ^d   Thys, Tierney ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e Ocean Sunfish Research and Tagging   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometers. Lat. 24 28.0S; Flying; Gliding; Jetting; Lon. 041 0.5W; Migrations

Indexed keywords

FLYING; GLIDING; JETTING; LON. 041-0.5W; MIGRATIONS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MOLLUSCS; ROCKETS;

SHELLFISH;

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CEPHALOPOD; COASTAL ZONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MANTLE; MIGRATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDATION; VELOCITY;

BRAZIL;

CEPHALOPODA; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; ILLEX ILLECEBROSUS; LOLIGO OPALESCENS; STHENOTEUTHIS PTEROPUS;

EID: 84887054402     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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