Abstract
The 7 papers, presented as a symposium at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in May 1988, survey various animal groups which use jet propulsion as a locomotion mechanism. Emphasis is on the types of mechanism, swimming velocities and energy efficiencies, and the papers deal with: aspects of jet propulsion in salps; size-related hydrodynamic characteristics of giant scallop Placopecten magellanicus; tuned oscillations in the swimming scallop Pecten maximus; respiratory and cardiac function during exercise in squid; giant axons and control of jetting in the squid Loligo and the jellyfish Aglantha; jet propulsion of Nautilus - a surviving example of early Palaeozoic cephalopod locomotor design; oxygen extraction and jet propulsion in cephalopods. -J.W.Cooper
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 761-824 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1990 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology