Prey fish escape by sensing the bow wave of a predator

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 4328-4336

  Stewart, William J ^a   Nair, Arjun ^a   Jiang, Houshuo ^b   Mchenry, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Computational flow dynamics; Flow sensing; Lateral line; Particle image velocimetry; Predation

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; PISCES;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ESCAPE REACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84925852689     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.111773     Document Type: Article

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