Hydrodynamics-Based Functional Forms of Activity Metabolism: A Case for the Power-Law Polynomial Function in Animal Swimming Energetics

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About the Authors

Anthony Papadopoulos

* E-mail: anthony.papadopoulos@ttu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Analyzed the data: AP. Wrote the paper: AP. Formulated all of the mathematical derivations: AP.

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