Kinematics of ribbon-fin locomotion in the bowfin, Amia calva

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 319, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 569-583

  Jagnandan, Kevin ^a,b   Sanford, Christopher P ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIA; AMIA CALVA; AMIIDAE; AMIIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FISHES; FRESH WATER; LOCOMOTION; SWIMMING;

EID: 84887163434     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1819     Document Type: Article

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