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"The more than 20,000 extant fish species show a rich variety of adaption in swimming behaviour to meet the requirements of the aquatic environment in which they live, although the subject of fish swimming is one which is still not fully understood. ""Fish Swimming"" provides an up-to-date account of all aspects of fish locomotion and considers the subject from a variety of different disciplines including hydrodynamics, morphology, kinematics, physiology, performance, energetics, evolution and ecology. This book should be of interest to graduate students and scientists studying aquatic zoology, biomechanics, vertebrate zoology, fish behaviour, ecology and fisheries."

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Author:   J.J. Videler
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1993 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9780412408601

ISBN 10:   0412408600
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   31 July 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Interactions between fish and water.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Properties of water.- 1.3 Buoyancy, weight, thrust and drag.- 1.4 The footprints of a fish.- 1.5 Transmission of forces between fish and water.- 1.6 Summary and conclusions.- 2 The structure of the swimming apparatus: muscles.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Lateral muscles and septa.- 2.3 Different muscle fibres.- 2.4 Innervation.- 2.5 Summary and conclusions.- 3 The structure of the swimming apparatus: body axis and fins.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The median septum and vertebral column.- 3.3 Fin rays.- 3.4 Fins.- 3.5 Summary and conclusions.- 4 The structure of the swimming apparatus: shape, skin and special adaptations.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Streamlined bodies.- 4.3 The structure of fish skin.- 4.4 Special adaptations.- 4.5 Summary and conclusions.- 5 Fish kinematics: history and methods.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Historical overview.- 5.3 Methods for kinematic studies on fish.- 5.4 Examples of the analysis of steady, straight swimming.- 5.5 Summary and conclusions.- 6 Fish kinematics: swimming movements stride by stride.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Comparison of kinematic data.- 6.3 Unsteady swimming.- 6.4 Precise kinematics of the tail.- 6.5 Swimming with appendages.- 6.6 Summary and conclusions.- 7 Swimming dynamics: work from muscles.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 General muscle physiology and special fish muscles.- 7.3 Muscle function during cyclic strain changes.- 7.4 Maximum muscle twitch frequencies of myotome blocks.- 7.5 Size and temperature effects on contraction velocity.- 7.6 Electromyography.- 7.7 Summary and conclusions.- 8 Swimming dynamics: exchange of forces between fish and water.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Dynamics of interactions between undulating fish and water.- 8.3 Muscle activity from head to tail.- 8.4 Optimum work loops of muscle fibres along the body.- 8.5 Force transfer from head to tail.- 8.6 Bulging muscles as an alternative.- 8.7 Summary and conclusions.- 9 The costs of swimming.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 A fair comparison between costs of swimming.- 9.3 Fish swimming costs at optimum speed.- 9.4 Fish in comparison with other swimmers.- 9.5 Summary and conclusions.- 10 Ecological implications.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Speed and endurance.- 10.3 Allocation of energy.- 10.4 Summary and conclusions.- References.- Author index.- Species index A. Scientific names.- B. Common names.

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...a book that we have long been waiting for.' Archive of Fishery and Marine Research [This] is the 10th book in the Fish and Fisheries series and draws together new information on fish swimming, including details of morphology, physiology and evolution.' Bookseller (August 1993)

`...a book that we have long been waiting for.' Archive of Fishery and Marine Research `[This] is the 10th book in the Fish and Fisheries series and draws together new information on fish swimming, including details of morphology, physiology and evolution.' Bookseller (August 1993)

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