Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans

It is obvious, at least qualitatively, that small animals move their locomotory apparatus faster than large animals: small insects move their wings invisibly fast, while large birds flap their wings slowly. However, quantitative observations have been difficult to obtain from free-ranging swimming a...

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Hauptverfasser: Sato, Katsufumi, Watanuki, Yutaka, Takahashi, Akinori, Miller, Patrick J.O, Tanaka, Hideji, Kawabe, Ryo, Ponganis, Paul J, Handrich, Yves, Akamatsu, Tomonari, Watanabe, Yuuki, Mitani, Yoko, Costa, Daniel P, Bost, Charles-André, Aoki, Kagari, Amano, Masao, Trathan, Phil, Shapiro, Ari, Naito, Yasuhiko
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Royal Society 2006
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1766382/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17476766
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.0005
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