... and Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA 25 6 2012 5 11 2012 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 aquatic locomotion gymnotiform swimming swimming gait transition Locomotion using undulating dorsal or anal fins is a mode...

... to that of the black ghost knifefish. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: n-patankar@northwestern.edu ) * Author for correspondence (e-mail: maciver@northwestern.edu ) 14 8 2008 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 aquatic locomotion vortex shedding propulsion vortex rings...

...T. J. Uriona; C. G. Farmer SUMMARY We used electromyography on juvenile American alligators to test the hypothesis that the following muscles, which are known to play a role in respiration, are recruited for aquatic locomotion: M. diaphragmaticus, M. ischiopubis, M. rectus abdominis, M...

... in both environments. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: rossma@wfu.edu ) 27 10 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2004 2004 newt salamander Taricha torosa kinematics terrestrial locomotion aquatic locomotion The view of tetrapod evolution typically...

... for correspondence at present address: Hawaii Pacific University,Marine Sciences Program, 45-045 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA(e-mail: kkorsmeyer@hpu.edu ) 12 2 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 Scaridae Balistidae labriform balistiform aquatic locomotion rigid-body...

... to squeeze fluid out of the gap created by the cephalothorax and the abdomen at the end of tail flexion. This squeeze force overwhelms any propulsive drag forces that arise from the tail-flip. Using the theoretical analysis, we identify two additional features about unsteady, rotational aquatic locomotion...