... for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 7 7 2008 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 cetacean dolphin backbone structural stiffness ontogeny mechanics Tursiops truncatus Late-term fetal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) exhibit extreme levels of lateral...

..., the variables EI and C interact over a range of swimming speeds to produce passive mechanical stability. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 9 9 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 notochord backbone axial skeleton hagfish swimming bending...

...John H. Hebrank; Mary R. Hebrank; John H. Long, Jr; Barbara A. Block; Stephen A. Wainwright ABSTRACT Over most of its length, the backbone of the blue marlin, like that of all other istiophorids, contains enlarged and flattened neural and hemal spines and zygapophyses, all of which span...