A comparative investigation of cranial morphology, mechanics, and muscle function in suction and bite feeding sharks

• Main Author: Ramsay, Jason B
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2012
• Subjects: Biology|Conservation|Biomechanics; Lever; spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3526224

Investigation of ligament morphology and musculoskeletal mechanics in elasmobranchs that use suction (white-spotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum and Ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus), bite (sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus) and generalist (suction and bite, spiny dogfish, Squalus a...