Title
Built for speed: strain in the cartilaginous vertebral columns of sharks
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Zoology
Volume
117
Article
1002
Issue
1
Pages
19-27
Publication Date
2-1-2014
Department or Program
Biology Department
Additional Department or Program
Cognitive Science Department
Abstract
In most bony fishes vertebral column strain during locomotion is almost exclusively in the intervertebral joints, and when these joints move there is the potential to store and release strain energy. Since cartilaginous fishes have poorly mineralized vertebral centra, we tested whether the vertebral bodies undergo substantial strain and thus may be sites of energy storage during locomotion. ...
Citation Information
Porter, M.E.; Diaz, Candido Jr.; Sturm, Joshua J.; Grotmol, Sindre; Summers, A.P.; and Long, John H. Jr., "Built for speed: strain in the cartilaginous vertebral columns of sharks" (2014). Faculty Research and Reports. 2.
https://digitalwindow.vassar.edu/faculty_research_reports/2