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Hydrodynamic Performance of Aquatic Flapping: Efficiency of Underwater Flight in ...

Aerospace (2016)

Frank E. Fish, Christian M. Schreiber, Keith W. Moored, Geng Liu, et al.

The manta is the largest marine organism to swim by dorsoventral oscillation (flapping) of the pectoral fins. The manta has ...

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Introduction to the Symposium-Unsteady Aquatic Locomotion with Respect to Eco-Design ...

Integrative and Comparative Biology (2015)

Frank E. Fish and Paolo Domenici

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Comparative Analysis of the Flexural Stiffness of Pinniped Vibrissae

PLOS ONE (2015)

Carly C. Ginter Summarell, Sudeep Ingole, Frank E. Fish and Christopher D. Marshall

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Estimation of shape of the sea lion for hydrodynamic analysis ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (2015)

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Kinematics of terrestrial locomotion in harbor seals and gray seals ...

Marine Mammal Science (2015)

Jennifer N. Garrett and Frank E. Fish

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Dog Paddle Data Averages

Biology Data Repository (2015)

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Dog Paddle Footfall Data

Biology Data Repository (2015)

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Flow through the nasal cavity of the spiny dogfish, Squalus ...

European Physical Journal - Special Topics (2015)

L. L. Timm-Davis and Frank E. Fish

The nasal cavity of spiny dogfish is a blind capsule with no internal connection to the oral cavity. Water is ...

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Measurement of hydrodynamic force generation by swimming dolphins using bubble ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (2014)

Frank E. Fish, Paul Legac, Terrie M. Williams and Timothy Wei

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Fused Traditional and Geometric Morphometrics Demonstrate Pinniped Whisker Diversity

PloS One (2012)

Carly C Ginter, Thomas J DeWitt, Frank E. Fish and Christopher D Marshall

Vibrissae (whiskers) are important components of the mammalian tactile sensory system, and primarily function as detectors of vibrotactile information from ...

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Barnacle Bonding: Morphology of Attachment of Xenobalanus globicipitis to its ...

Journal of Morphology (2012)

Mark C. Pugliese, Stefanie Anne Boettger and Frank E. Fish

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Energetics of Terrestrial Locomotion of the Platypus Ornithorhynchus Anatinus

Journal of Experimental Biology (2011)

Frank E. Fish, P B Frappell, R V Baudinette and P M MacFarlane

The platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus Shaw displays specializations in its limb structure for swimming that could negatively affect its terrestrial locomotion. ...

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Morphology and Microanatomy of Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena ) Dorsal Fin ...

Journal of Morphology (2011)

Carly C. Ginter, S. Anne Boettger and Frank E. Fish

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Lift and Drag Performance of Odontocete Cetacean Flippers

Journal of Experimental Biology (2009)

P W Weber, L E Howle, M M Murray and Frank E. Fish

Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) have evolved flippers that aid in effective locomotion through their aquatic environments. Differing evolutionary pressures ...

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Hydrodynamic Performance of the Minke Whale (Balaenoptera Acutorostrata) Flipper

Journal of Experimental Biology (2008)

L N Cooper, N Sedano, S Johansson, B May, et al.

Minke whales ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata) are the smallest member of balaenopterid whales and little is known of their kinematics during ...

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Death Roll of the Alligator: Mechanics of Twist Feeding in ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (2007)

Frank E Fish, S A Bostic, A J Nicastro and John T Beneski

Crocodilians, including the alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis), perform a spinning maneuver to subdue and dismember prey. The spinning maneuver, which ...

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Swimming Kinematics of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus Manatus Latirostris): Hydrodynamic ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (2007)

T Kojeszewski and Frank E. Fish

The submerged swimming of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, was studied by ...

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Dynamics of the Aerial Maneuvers of Spinner Dolphins

Journal of Experimental Biology (2006)

Frank E. Fish, A J Nicastro and D Weihs

The spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) performs spectacular leaps from the water while rotating around its longitudinal axis up to seven ...

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A Porpoise For Power

Journal of Experimental Biology (2005)

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Strouhal Numbers and Optimization of Swimming by Odontocete Cetaceans

Journal of Experimental Biology (2004)

J J Rohr and Frank E. Fish

Swimming efficiencies of fish and cetaceans have been related to a certain synchrony between stroke cycle frequency, peak-to-peak tail/fluke amplitude ...

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Aquatic Turning Performance by the Whirligig Beetle: Constraints on Maneuverability ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (2003)

Frank E. Fish and A J Nicastro

Turning performance is constrained by morphology, where the flexibility of the body and the mobility and position of the control ...

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Maneuverability by the Sea Lion Zalophus Californianus: Turning Performance of ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (2003)

Frank E. Fish, J Hurley and D P Costa

Maneuverability is critical to the performance of fast-swimming marine mammals that use rapid turns to catch prey. Overhead video recordings ...

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Biomechanics and Energetics in Aquatic and Semiaquatic Mammals: Platypus to ...

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2000)

Frank E. Fish

A variety of mammalian lineages have secondarily invaded the water. To locomote and thermoregulate in the aqueous medium, mammals developed ...

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Energetics of Locomotion by the Australian Water Rat (Hydromys Chrysogaster ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (1999)

Frank E. Fish and R V Baudinette

Semi-aquatic mammals occupy a precarious evolutionary position, having to function in both aquatic and terrestrial environments without specializing in locomotor ...

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Comparative Kinematics and Hydrodynamics of Odontocete Cetaceans: Morphological and Ecological ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (1998)

Frank E. Fish

Propulsive morphology and swimming performance were compared for the odontocete cetaceans Delphi,Delphinapterus leucas, Orcinus orca, Pseudorca crassidens and Tursiops truncatus. ...

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