Franck Celestini , Thomas Frisch , Yves Pomeau 1 Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS UMR 7366, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Parc Valrose 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France 2 Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, CNRS UMR 7735, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 1361 Routes des lucioles, Sophia Antipolis F-06560 Valbonne France and 3 University of Arizona, Department of Mathematics,...

The aim of this classic paper by Paul Webb (Webb, 1976) was to investigate the effect of size on fast-start performance and to use the results in order to make some theoretical considerations on predator–prey interactions. Until the 1970s, most work on fish swimming had focused on steady conditions, with the goal of studying the relationship between the energetics, performance and kinematics of...

In this contribution we consider a seasonal consumer-resource system and focus on the evolution of consumer behavior. It is assumed that consumer and resource individuals live and interact during seasons of fixed lengths separated by winter periods. All individuals die at the end of the season and the size of the next generation is determined by the the consumer-resource interaction which took ...