Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Dec 6, 2021
In recent years, jellyfish outbreaks have frequently occurred in offshore areas worldwide, posing a significant threat to the marine fishery, tourism, coastal industry, and personal safety. Effective monitoring of jellyfish is a vital method to solve...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Nov 29, 2021
Fish show a wide diversity of body shapes which affect many aspects of their biology, including swimming and feeding performance, and defense from predators. Deep laterally compressed bodies are particularly common, and have evolved multiple times in...
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
Nov 19, 2021
To assess the impact of chemicals on an aquatic environment, toxicological data for three trophic levels are needed to address the chronic and acute toxicities. The use of non-testing methods, such as predictive computational models, was proposed to ...
F1000Research
Sep 15, 2021
The giant gourami sago strain ( Lacepède) has been approved in 2018 as a candidate for freshwater aquaculture in Indonesia. However, information on the species' reproduction is minimal. This study analyzed the reproductive characteristics of the go...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Sep 12, 2021
Artificial muscles possess a vast potential in accelerating the development of robotics, exoskeletons, and prosthetics. Although a variety of emerging actuator technologies are reported, they suffer from several issues, such as high driving voltages,...
Scientific reports
Aug 30, 2021
Estimating fish body measurements like length, width, and mass has received considerable research due to its potential in boosting productivity in marine and aquaculture applications. Some methods are based on manual collection of these measurements ...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Aug 27, 2021
Among underwater vehicles, fish-inspired designs are often selected for their efficient gaits; these designs, however, remain limited in their maneuverability, especially in confined spaces. This paper presents a new design for a fish-inspired robot ...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Aug 16, 2021
Fish have evolved diverse and robust locomotive strategies to swim efficiently in complex fluid environments. However, we know little, if anything, about how these strategies can be achieved. Although most studies suggest that fish rely on the latera...
Biological cybernetics
Jul 17, 2021
While the unique hunting behavior of archerfish has received considerable scientific attention, the specific social cues that govern behaviors like intraspecific kleptoparasitism in the species are less understood. This paper asks whether the use of ...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
May 26, 2021
The importance of the leading-edge sweep angle of propulsive surfaces used by unsteady swimming and flying animals has been an issue of debate for many years, spurring studies in biology, engineering, and robotics with mixed conclusions. In this work...