Behaviour has been defined as the motor responses to all internal and external stimuli
(Bond, 1996). To explore the role of biomechanics in swimming behaviour of fishes, we …

ANIMAL MOVEMENT Page 1 Reprinted from ASPECTS OF ANIMAL MOVEMENT Edited by
HY EL DE R. gnd ER TRUE MAN Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series - 5 (C) …

This book will interest those studying fish biomechanics, functional morphology, behaviour
and ecology. It focuses on the mechanical aspects of fish locomotion and its main purpose is …

This chapter explores the ways fish swim from zero speeds in station-holding and hovering,
through cruising and sprint, to fast starts. The range of power required to swim over such a …

After 500 million years of natural selection, fish are extremely well adapted to various
constraints set by the aquatic environment in which they live. In the dense fluid medium, they …

Classifications of fish swimming are reviewed as a prelude to discussing functional design
and performance in an ecological context. Webb (1984a, 1998) classified fishes based on …

Aquatic organisms swim in a variety of ways, from jet propulsion to ciliary action. One of the
most fascinating aspects of aquatic locomotion is the remarkable sets of adaptations that …

Challenges in understanding design for locomotion in any swimming animal revolve around
the complex interactions between the mechanics of fluid motions around an animal and the …

Fish accomplish most of their basic behaviors by swimming. Swimming is fundamental in a
vast majority of fish species for avoiding predation, feeding, finding food, mating, migrating …

The first in two decades to exclusively integrate physiological and biomechanical studies of
fish locomotion, feeding and breathing, making this book both comprehensive and unique …