...Ding Zhang; Yifan Wang; Joaquin Gabaldon; Lisa K. Lauderdale; Lance J. Miller; Kira Barton; Kenneth Alex Shorter ABSTRACT Intermittent locomotion composed of periods of active flapping/stroking followed by inactive gliding has been observed with species that inhabit both aerial and marine...

... substantially before the cessation of propulsion. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 1 11 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 intermittent locomotion kinematics braking deceleration Centrarchidae Lepomis macrochirus pectoral fin...

... locomotion has also been demonstrated in two species of ectotherm. In the ghost crab Ocypode quadrata , distance capacity (the absolute distance covered until fatigue) was increased 2.2-fold during intermittent locomotion (120 s of exercise, 30 s pause) at speeds of 170 % of maximal aerobic speed (MAS...