Mechanics and physiology of animal swimming /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Symposium on Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming ( Plymouth, Eng.), Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Maddock, Linda, Bone, Q., Rayner, Jeremy M. V.
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Functional patterns of swimming bacteria / J.O. Kessler ... [et al.]
  • Buoyancy and swimming in marine planktonic protists / C. Febvre-Chevalier, J. Febvre
  • Role of fins in the competition between squid and fish / J.A. Hoar ... [et al.]
  • Biology of fish swimming / P.W. Webb
  • Swimming physiology of pelagic fishes / J.B. Graham ... [et al.]
  • Mechanical design of the fish muscular system / L.C. Rome
  • How do fish use their myotomal muscle to swim? In vitro simulations of in vivo activity patterns / J.D. Altringham.
  • Timing of lateral muscle strain and EMG activity in different species of steadily swimming fish / C.S. Wardle, J.J. Videler
  • Swimming in the lamprey: modelling the neural pattern generation, the body dynamics and the fluid mechanics / J.C. Carling, G. Bowtell, T.L. Williams
  • Swimming capabilities of Mesozoic marine reptiles: a review / J.A. Massare
  • Stone, bone or blubber? Buoyancy control strategies in aquatic tetrapods / M.A. Taylor
  • Functional anatomy of the flight apparatus in penguins / R. Bannasch.
  • Energy conservation by formation swimming: metabolic evidence from ducklings / F.E. Fish.