The Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming (Hardcover)

Introduction Q. Bone and L. Maddock; 1. Functional patterns of swimming bacteria J. O. Kessler, M. A. Hoelzer, T. J. Pedley and N. A. Hill; 2. Buoyancy and swimming in marine planktonic protists C. Febvre-Chevalier and J. Febvre; 3. The role of fins in the competition between squid and fish J. A. Hoar, E. Sim, D. M. Webber and R. K. O'Dor; 4. The biology of fish swimming P. W. Webb; 5. Swimming physiology of pelagic fishes J. B. Graham, H. Dewar, N. C. Lai, K. E. Korsmeyer, P. A. Fields, T. Knower, R. E. Shadwick, R. Shabetai and R. W. Brill; 6. The mechanical design of the fish muscular system L. C. Rome; 7. How do fish use their myotomal muscle to swim? In vitro simulations of in vitro activity patterns J. D. Altringham; 8. The timing of lateral muscle strain and EMG activity in different species of steadily swimming fish C. S. Wardle and J. J. Videler; 9. Swimming in the lamprey: modelling the neural pattern generation, the body dynamics and the fluid mechanics J. C. Carling, G. Bowtell and T. L. Williams; 10. Swimming capabilities of Mesozoic marine reptiles: a review J. A. Massare; 11. Stone, bone or blubber? buoyancy control strategies in aquatic tetrapods M. A. Taylor; 12. Functional anatomy of the 'flight' apparatus in penguins R. Bannasch; 13. Energy conservation by formation swimming: metabolic evidence from ducklings F. E. Fish; Bibliography; Index.