Title

Simple physical principles and vertebrate aquatic locomotion

Authors

P W. Webb

Publication Date

1988

Keywords

acceleration, animals, applications, BALANCE, behavior, biological, BIOLOGY, biomechanics, BODY, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY, community structure, Comparative studies, conservation, Distribution, drag, elastic, factors, fish locomotion, Flow, force, FREQUENCY, functional morphology, habitat, habitats, history, hydrodynamic, hydrodynamics, LIFE, life history, LIFE-HISTORIES, life-history, limits to performance, locomotion, mechanics, MECHANISM, mechanisms, methods, model, models, morphology, motion, NUMBER, optimal, organisms, other factors, pattern, PATTERNS, physical, prediction, pressure, PRINCIPLES, RATES, resistance, review, reviews, Reynold's Number, scale, scale effect, slender body theory, structure, structures, swimming, Swimming behavior, TIME, vertebrate

Journal or Book Title

American Zoologist

Pages

709-725

Volume

28

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