Forces, fishes, and fluids: hydrodynamic mechanisms of aquatic locomotion.
Understanding how fishes generate external fluid force to swim steadily and maneuver has proven to be difficult because water does not provide a stable platform for force measurement. But new methods in experimental fluid mechanics provide insights into the physiological mechanisms of aquatic force generation and limits to locomotor performance.
Lauder
George V
GV
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Drucker
Eliot G
EG
D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D013550:Swimming / Q000502:physiology*; D014867:Water
D014867:Water