Sam Van Wassenbergh

Doctoral thesis of Sam Van Wassenbergh (public defence on 19 may 2006, 4.00 pm., Universiteit Antwerpen, Campus Drie Eiken, Building S, Auditorium S1)

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Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: mouth-opening and hyoid-depression mechanisms Chapter 3: Scaling of suction feeding performance Chapter 4: Scaling of suction-feeding kinematics and dynamics in the African catfish Chapter 5: Model of mouth closing movements : the role of enlarged jaw adductors Chapter 6: Effects of jaw adductor hypertrophy on buccal expansion Chapter 7: No trade-off between biting and suction feeding performance Chapter 8: Sternohyoideus muscle function during suction feeding Chapter 9: Modulation and variability of prey capture kinematics Chapter 10: Catfish strikes on land