The Kinematics of Swimming in Anuran Larvae
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- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology
- Vol. 119 (1) , 1-30
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.119.1.1
Abstract
The kinematics of swimming in tadpoles from four species of anurans (Rana catesbeiana Shaw, Rana septentrionalis Baird, Rana clamitans Latreille and Bufo americanus Holbrook) was studied using computer-assisted analysis of high speed (≥200 frames s−1) ciné records.Keywords
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