Undulation frequency affects burial performance in living and model flatfishes
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- 作者：Amberle McKeea ; aamckee@uci.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ian MacDonaldb ; Stacy C. Farinac ; Adam P. Summersd
- 关键词：Pleuronectiformes ; Burial performance ; Crypsis ; Undulation frequency
- 刊名：Zoology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：119
- 期：2
- 页码：75-80
- 全文大小：1164 K
文摘
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We investigated the role of undulation frequency in burial in five species of flatfishes.
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Increased undulation frequency resulted in an increase in the area of sand coverage.
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Undulations were sufficient to bury flatfish.
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Shape and behavioral factors may contribute to flatfish burial.