Fish optimize sensing and respiration during undulatory swimming
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Fish optimize sensing and respiration during undulatory swimming.
Previous work in fishes considers undulation as a means of propulsion without addressing how it may affect other functions such as sensing and respiration. Here we show that undulation can optimize propulsion, flow sensing and respiration concurrently without any apparent tradeoffs when head movements are coupled correctly with the movements of the body. This finding challenges a long-held assu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11044