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Fig. 9. The effects of mechanical parameter values on coasting distance in
juveniles and adults. Coasting distances were calculated (Eqns
4,
8) for three glide durations in
five simulations having unique parameter combinations. Simulations were run
for each of the three measured juvenile and adult parameter values. The length
of bars shows the mean (± 1 S.D.) of these predictions.
(A,B) Predictions were generated from the position function for the viscous
regime (Eqn 4) using body length
as the size parameter. (A) The values for juvenile fish were used for all four
parameters in this simulation. (B) Model fish were scaled to the length of
adults in these simulations. (C,D) Predictions of coasting distance were
calculated from the position function for the inertial regime
(Eqn 8) using wetted surface area
as the size parameter. (C) The effect of hydrodynamic regime alone may be
assessed by comparison with B. (D) The model fish in these simulations were
given the mass of adults. (E) All parameters were set at the measured adult
values in these simulations.
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