Suction-feeding fishes encompass a vast diversity of morphologies and ecologies, but during feeding they all rely on musculoskeletal linkages and levers to transform the shortening of muscle into 3D expansion of the mouth cavity. To relate the shape of these skeletal elements to their function in expansion of the mouth, four-bar linkage models have been developed and widely used in studies of …

Tahun Terbit

2001

ISBN/ISSN

979-691-081-0

Deskripsi Fisik

xxi, 457p.; ill.; 26 cm

No. Panggil

658.8 LAM p