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Streamlined Body Form

Streamlined Body Form is a morphological construct in fish morphology representing a fusiform, hydrodynamically efficient body shape that minimizes drag during aquatic locomotion, distinguished from other body forms by its tapering anterior and posterior extremities aligned to laminar flow.

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286

Authors

153

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2017–2026

25

Variants

Fusiform Body Shape

Parents

Publications

117

Smolt Transformation: Evolution, Behavior, and Physiology

William S. Hoar · Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada · 1976 · 572 citations

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Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion

David Barrett, Michael Triantafyllou, Dick K. P. Yue et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1999 · 509 citations · Full text

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Channel Hydraulics, Habitat Use, and Body Form of Juvenile Coho Salmon, Steelhead, and Cutthroat Trout in Streams

Peter A. Bisson, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Jennifer L. Nielsen · Transactions of the American Fisheries Society · 1988 · 292 citations

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Dolphin swimming–a review

Frank E. Fish, Clifford A. Hui · Mammal Review · 1991 · 255 citations

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Morphology dependent foraging efficiency in perch: a trade‐off for ecological specialization?

Richard Svanbäck, Peter Eklöv · Oikos · 2003 · 223 citations · Full text

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Authors

286

  1. WK
    William K. Blake

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    3 publications · 61 citations

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  2. JL
    Jennifer L. Nielsen

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    3 publications · 332 citations

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  3. RW
    Robert W. Blake

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    3 publications · 81 citations

    3

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  4. FE
    Frank E. Fish

    West Chester University, United States

    3 publications · 342 citations

    3

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  5. RJ
    R. John Aitken

    University of Newcastle Australia, Australia

    2 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

153

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    341 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    280 citations

  3. West Chester University

    West Chester, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    342 citations

  4. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    669 citations

  5. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    258 citations

  6. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    113 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  8. Naval Undersea Warfare Center

    Newport, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    8 publications · 480 citations

    8

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  2. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    4 publications · 668 citations

    4

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  3. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 118 citations

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  4. Journal of Morphology

    3 publications · 179 citations

    3

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  5. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    3 publications · 53 citations

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