Scaling of swim speed in sharks: a reply to Morrison (2016)

David M P Jacoby¹, Penthai Siriwat², Robin Freeman³, Chris Carbone³

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¹ Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK davidjacoby1@gmail.com.
² Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK CBER, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Division of Biosciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
³ Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.

PMID: 27531161
PMCID: PMC5014043
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0502

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Scaling of swim speed in sharks: a reply to Morrison (2016)

David M P Jacoby et al. Biol Lett. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;12(8):20160502.

doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0502.

Authors

David M P Jacoby¹, Penthai Siriwat², Robin Freeman³, Chris Carbone³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK davidjacoby1@gmail.com.
² Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK CBER, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Division of Biosciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
³ Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.

PMID: 27531161
PMCID: PMC5014043
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0502

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Is the scaling of swim speed in sharks driven by metabolism?
Jacoby DM, Siriwat P, Freeman R, Carbone C. Jacoby DM, et al. Biol Lett. 2015 Dec;11(12):20150781. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0781. Biol Lett. 2015. PMID: 26631246 Free PMC article.
Scaling of swim speed in sharks: a comment on Jacoby et al. (2015).
Morrison PR. Morrison PR. Biol Lett. 2016 Aug;12(8):20160218. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0218. Biol Lett. 2016. PMID: 27531157 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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