The Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming

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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
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