Fast-starting after a breath: Air-breathing motions are kinematically similar to escape responses in the catfish Hoplosternum littorale

Biology Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-85

  Paolo, Domenici ^a   Tommy, Norin ^b,h   Peter, G Bushnell ^c   Jacob, L Johansen ^d,i   Peter, Vilhelm Skov ^e   Morten, B S Svendsen ^f   John, F Steffensen ^f   Augusto, S Abe ^g  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^h MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Behaviour; C start; Escape response; Fish; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CATFISH; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HOPLOSTERNUM LITTORALE; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84979916899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20149332     Document Type: Article

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