Swimming speeds in larval fishes: From escaping predators to the potential for long distance migration

Fish Locomotion: An Eco-ethological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 345-385

  Fisher, Rebecca ^a   Leis, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10190     Document Type: Chapter

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