A comparative study of piscine defense: The scales of Arapaima gigas, Latimeria chalumnae and Atractosteus spatula

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-16

  Sherman, Vincent R ^a   Quan, Haocheng ^a   Yang, Wen ^b   Ritchie, Robert O ^c   Meyers, Marc A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator gar; Arapaima; Bioinspiration; Bouligand; Coelacanth; Scales

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

ALLIGATOR GAR; ARAPAIMA; BIO-INSPIRATION; BOULIGAND; COELACANTH; SCALES;

COLLAGEN;

ALLIGATOR; ARAPAIMA GIGAS; ARTICLE; ATRACTOSTEUS SPATULA; COELACANTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMIS; EVOLUTION; FISH; FISH SCALE; LATIMERIA; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF DEFENSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SCALES; BIOMECHANICS; HARDNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL SCALES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; FISHES; HARDNESS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85005914657     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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