Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming: Contributors

Introduction Q. Bone and L. Maddock 1. Functional patterns of swimming bacteria J. O. Kessler, M. A. Hoelzer, T. J. Pedley and N. A. Hill 2. Buoyancy and swimming in marine planktonic protists C. Febvre-Chevalier and J. Febvre 3. The role of fins in the competition between squid and fish J. A. Hoar, E. Sim, D. M. Webber and R. K. O'Dor 4. The biology of fish swimming P. W. Webb 5. Swimming physiology of pelagic fishes J. B. Graham, H. Dewar, N. C. Lai, K. E. Korsmeyer, P. A. Fields, T. Knower, R. E. Shadwick, R. Shabetai and R. W. Brill 6. The mechanical design of the fish muscular system L. C. Rome 7. How do fish use their myotomal muscle to swim? In vitro simulations of in vitro activity patterns J. D. Altringham 8. The timing of lateral muscle strain and EMG activity in different species of steadily swimming fish C. S. Wardle and J. J. Videler 9. Swimming in the lamprey: modelling the neural pattern generation, the body dynamics and the fluid mechanics J. C. Carling, G. Bowtell and T. L. Williams 10. Swimming capabilities of Mesozoic marine reptiles: a review J. A. Massare 11. Stone, bone or blubber? buoyancy control strategies in aquatic tetrapods M. A. Taylor 12. Functional anatomy of the 'flight' apparatus in penguins R. Bannasch 13. Energy conservation by formation swimming: metabolic evidence from ducklings F. E. Fish Bibliography Index.