Sam Van Wassenbergh | Sam Van Wassenbergh

Phd Thesis: Prey capture in clariid catfishes

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

download PDF of thesis (201 pages - 15 MB)

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