The Mechanics and Physiology of Animal SwimmingL. Maddock, Q. Bone, J. M. V. Rayner, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain) This volume brings together current research on a wide range of swimming organisms, with an emphasis on the biomechanics, physiology and hydrodynamics of swimming in or on water. Several chapters deal with different aspects of fish swimming, from the use of different 'gaits' to the operation of the locomotor muscles. All chapters are by recognised authorities in their different fields, and all are accessible to biologists interested in aquatic locomotion. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Buoyancy and swimming in marine planktonic protists | 13 |
The role of fins in the competition between squid and fish | 27 |
The biology of fish swimming | 45 |
Swimming physiology of pelagic fishes | 63 |
The mechanical design of the fish muscular system | 75 |
How do fish use their myotomal muscle to swim? In vitro simulations | 99 |
The timing of lateral muscle strain and EMG activity in different species | 111 |
modelling the neural pattern generation | 119 |
a review | 133 |
Stone bone or blubber? Buoyancy control strategies in aquatic tetrapods | 151 |
Functional anatomy of the flight apparatus in penguins | 163 |
metabolic evidence from | 193 |
| 205 | |
Index | 231 |
Other editions - View all
The Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming Symposium on Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming No preview available - 1994 |
The Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming L. Maddock,Q. Bone,J. M. V. Rayner No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
acceleration activation Altringham anguilliform ANT1 axopodia benthic body length Bone buoyancy buoyancy control caput humeri carp caudal fin cell cephalopods cm s¹ coracoid cycle decoy density diving drag ducklings efficiency electromyogram energy Figure flagella flagellum fluid force function gaits gear ratio humeri hydrodynamic ichthyosaurs increasing kinematic lamprey length change limbs locomotion locomotor manoeuvrability marine mechanical metabolic mosasaurs motion movement muscle muscle fibres musculus pectoralis myofilament myonemes myotomal myotomal muscle neutral depth O'Dor oxygen parameters pattern pectoral penguins performance phase placodonts plesiosauroids plesiosaurs position power output propulsion propulsors protists range RD WT red muscle relative Reynolds number Rome rostral saithe sarcomere sarcomere length scup shape shortening shoulder joint slow swimming species squid steady swimming studies surface sustained swimming swimmers swimming swimming speeds tail tetrapods thrust tuna up-stroke V/Vmax velocity ventral vertical Videler Vmax wave of curvature Webb Weihs white muscle wing yellowfin