Fish swimming (Fish and Fisheries Series 10)

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Fish swimming (Fish and Fisheries Series 10)
by John J. Videler

260 pages
Publisher:----
Edition: 1993
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0412408601

Description:


Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Interactions between fish and water....Pages 1-22
The structure of the swimming apparatus: muscles....Pages 23-39
The structure of the swimming apparatus: body axis and fins....Pages 41-70
The structure of the swimming apparatus: shape, skin and special adaptations....Pages 71-92
Fish kinematics: history and methods....Pages 93-112
Fish kinematics: swimming movements stride by stride....Pages 113-137
Swimming dynamics: work from muscles....Pages 139-164
Swimming dynamics: exchange of forces between fish and water....Pages 165-184
The costs of swimming....Pages 185-205
Ecological implications....Pages 207-226
Back Matter....Pages 227-260

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