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Aquatic manoeuvering with counter-propagating waves: a novel locomotive strategy

Many aquatic organisms swim by means of an undulating fin. These undulations often form a single wave travelling from one end of the fin to the other. However, when these aquatic animals are holding station or hovering, there is often a travelling wave from the head to the tail, and another moving f...

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Main Authors: Curet, Oscar M., Patankar, Neelesh A., Lauder, George V., MacIver, Malcolm A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104329/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21177695
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2010.0493
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