Flexible paddle sheds new light on speed: a novel method for the remote measurement of swim speed in aquatic animals
Speed is a key determinant of energy expenditure in free-living animals, and particularlyin marine vertebrates, where power requirements for swimming increase as a cubed function ofthe speed. However, current devices used to measure swim speed in free-living animals have limitations,including excess...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Inter-Research
2008
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| Online Access: | http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2008/4/n004p157.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12183 |