Meeting Abstract 8.2  Thursday, Jan. 3  Ontogeny, morphology and mechanics of the tessellated skeleton of cartilaginous fishes DEAN, MN*; SUMMERS, AP; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine mdean@uci.edu The cyclic loading of the feeding and swimming modes of elasmobranch fishes (sharks, rays and relatives) is not compatible with the fact that cartilage cannot repair. Materials […]

Meeting Abstract 8.3  Thursday, Jan. 3  Exoskeletal isometry in adult terrestrial arthropods LEASE, H.M.*; WOLF, B.O.; Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque hlease@unm.edu Most terrestrial vertebrates devote an increasing fraction of their body mass to skeleton as they increase in size. This is because skeleton provides structural support against the stress of weight�and […]

Meeting Abstract 7.3  Thursday, Jan. 3  Stabilizing and maneuvering function of fish pelvic fins STANDEN, E.M.; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA standen@fas.harvard.edu Fish appear to have a preferred swimming speed. For example salmonids tend to maximize their swimming performance at speeds of 1.2-1.5 body lengths per second swimming with a distinct body and caudal fin oscillation. At these […]

Meeting Abstract 7.5  Thursday, Jan. 3  Locomotor plasticity of larval zebrafish in high viscosity environments DANOS, N.; Harvard University ndanos@fas.harvard.edu Routine turns are a normal part of the zebrafish foraging behavior that provides a good context in which to study the developmental plasticity of locomotor behavior. Zebrafish are raised from 0 to 6 days post fertilization in […]

Meeting Abstract 7.1  Thursday, Jan. 3  Hydrodynamics of schooling in fishes HANKE, W.*; LAUDER, G. V.; Harvard; Harvard glauder@oeb.harvard.edu The possibility that fish might gain an energetic advantage from hydrodynamic effects in a school has been discussed for more than thirty years, but has not yet been tested experimentally due to technical difficulties associated with recording details […]

Meeting Abstract 7.2  Thursday, Jan. 3  How to Generate Thrust the Pufferfish Way: A CFD Analysis WIKTOROWICZ CONROY, Alexis M.*; GORDON, Malcolm S.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles plexypoo@ucla.edu Porcupine pufferfish (Diodon holocanthus) are tropical, rigid-bodied median and paired fin (MPF) swimmers. The insignificant levels of recoil measured during locomotion is likely […]

Meeting Abstract 7.4  Thursday, Jan. 3  Comparison of the Hydrodynamic Wakes of Temperate and Tropical Euchaeta species CATTON, K.B.*; WEBSTER, D.R.; YEN, J.; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology gtg723v@mail.gatech.edu Different species of the copepod genus Euchaeta live in polar, temperate, and tropical ocean environments. Euchaeta elongata is a species found […]

Meeting Abstract 7.6  Thursday, Jan. 3  Aquatic and terrestrial locomotion of the ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus). PACE, C. M.*; GIBB, A. C.; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University Cinnamon.Pace@nau.edu The ropefish, Erpetoichthys calabaricus, is an elongate fish known to make terrestrial excursions. Another elongate amphibious fish, the eel (Anguillidae), uses distinct kinematic patterns of movement when on land […]

Meeting Abstract 6.3  Thursday, Jan. 3  Resonance in undulatory swimming of a robotic-flapping fish LIM, J.L.**; LAUDER, G.V.; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA lim@fas.harvard.edu The undulating body of a swimming fish has the potential to display resonance behaviour. Resonance in fish swimming can be characterized by an increase in the ratio of tail-beat amplitude […]

Meeting Abstract 6.2  Thursday, Jan. 3  Pectoral fin biorobotics in fishes LAUDER, G. V.*; TANGORRA, J.; MITTAL, R.; MADDEN, P.; Harvard; MIT; George Washington; Harvard glauder@oeb.harvard.edu Many fishes are able to generate both propulsive (thrust) forces and maneuvering torques using their pectoral fins. Previous analyses of pectoral fin function in bluegill sunfish have demonstrated that the pectoral […]