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- Ecomorphology of the trophic apparatus in catfishes (siluriformes), more
- Functional consequences and ecological implications of extreme morphological specialisation: design and function of the feeding apparatus in seahorses and pipefishes (Syngnathidae), more
- Specialisaties bij extreme kopmorfologie: een gedetailleerde functioneel morfologische studie over de voedselopname bij zeepaarden en zeenaalden (Syngnathidae)., more
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| A1 Publications (26) [show] |
 Van Wassenbergh, S.; Joris, I.; Desclée, M.; Liew, H.J.; De Boeck, G.; Adriaens, D.; Aerts, P. (2016). Kinematics of mouthbrooding in Oreochromis niloticus (Cichlidae). J. Exp. Biol. 219(10): 1535-1541. https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.131631, more- Michel, K.B.; Heiss, E.; Aerts, P.; Van Wassenbergh, S. (2015). A fish that uses its hydrodynamic tongue to feed on land. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 282(1805): 20150057. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0057, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Leysen, H.; Adriaens, D.; Aerts, P. (2013). Mechanics of snout expansion in suction-feeding seahorses: musculoskeletal force transmission. J. Exp. Biol. 216(3): 407-417. https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.074658, more
- Herrel, A.; Choi, H.-F.; De Schepper, N.; Aerts, P.; Adriaens, D. (2011). Kinematics of swimming in two burrowing anguilliform fishes. Zoology (Jena) 114(2): 78-84. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2010.10.004, more
- Herrel, A.; Choi, H.-F.; Dumont, E.; De Schepper, N.; Vanhooydonck, B.; Aerts, P.; Adriaens, D. (2011). Burrowing and subsurface locomotion in anguilliform fish: behavioral specializations and mechanical constraints. J. Exp. Biol. 214(8): 1379-1385. https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.051185, more
- Roos, G.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Aerts, P.; Herrel, A.; Adriaens, D. (2011). Effects of snout dimensions on the hydrodynamics of suction feeding in juvenile and adult seahorses. J. Theor. Biol. 269(1): 307-317. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.023, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Roos, G.; Aerts, P.; Herrel, A.; Adriaens, D. (2011). Why the long face? A comparative study of feeding kinematics of two pipefishes with different snout lengths. J. Fish Biol. 78(6): 1786-1798. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02991.x, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Aerts, P. (2011). A computational modelling perspective on buccal expansion dynamics and water flow patterns in suction feeding fish. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51(Suppl 1): E142-E142, more
- Roos, G.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Herrel, A.; Adriaens, D.; Aerts, P. (2010). Snout allometry in seahorses: Insights on optimisation of pivot feeding performance during ontogeny. J. Exp. Biol. 213(13): 2184-2193. https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.040972, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Roos, G.; Aerts, P. (2010). The head-down posture of seahorses: an adaptation for pivot feeding? Integrative and Comparative Biology 50(Suppl 1): E180-E180, more
- Roos, G.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Leysen, H.; Herrel, A.; Adriaens, D.; Aerts, P. (2009). Ontogeny of feeding kinematics in the seahorse Hippocampus reidi from newly born to adult. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49(Suppl 1): E146-E146, more
- Roos, G.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Herrel, A.; Aerts, P. (2009). Kinematics of suction feeding in the seahorse Hippocampus reidi. J. Exp. Biol. 212(21): 3490-3498. https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.033050, more
- Roos, G.; Leysen, H.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Herrel, A.; Jacobs, P.; Dierick, M.; Aerts, P.; Adriaens, D. (2009). Linking morphology and motion: a test of a four-bar mechanism in seahorses. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82(1): 7-19. https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/589838, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Roos, G.; Aerts, P. (2009). Pivot feeding performance in pipefish and seahorses analysed by forward dynamic modelling. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 153(2): S125-S126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.211, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Roos, G.; Genbrugge, A.; Leysen, H.; Aerts, P.; Adriaens, D.; Herrel, A. (2009). Suction is kid’s play: Extremely fast suction in newborn seahorses. Biol. Lett. 5(2): 200-203. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0765, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Aerts, P. (2009). Aquatic suction feeding dynamics: insights from computational modelling. J. R. Soc. Interface 6(31): 149-158. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2008.0311, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Strother, J.A.; Flammang, B.E.; Ferry-Graham, L.A.; Aerts, P. (2008). Extremely fast prey capture in pipefish is powered by elastic recoil. J. R. Soc. Interface 5(20): 285-296. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2007.1124, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Aerts, P. (2008). Rapid pivot feeding in pipefish: flow effects on prey and evaluation of simple dynamic modelling via computational fluid dynamics. J. R. Soc. Interface 5(28): 1291-1301. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2008.0101, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Aerts, P. (2008). Dynamics of suction feeding in fish: Insights from unsteady, rotationally symmetric CFD models. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 150(3): S84-S84. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.146, more
- Roos, G.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Herrel, A.; Adriaens, D.; Aerts, P. (2007). High-speed kinematics of feeding behavior in the seahorse Hippocampus reidi. J. Morphol. (1931) 268(12): 1125-1125, more
- Van Dyck, H.; Eens, M.; Aerts, P. (Ed.) (2004). Proceedings of the 9th Benelux Congress of Zoology "Adaptation and constraint". Belgian Journal of Zoology, 134(2/1). Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde = Société royale zoologique de Belgique: Brussel. 108 pp., more
- D’Août, K.; Curtin, N.A.; Williams, T.L.; Aerts, P. (2001). Mechanical properties of red and white swimming muscles as a function of the position along the body of the eel Anguilla anguilla. J. Exp. Biol. 204(13): 2221-2230, more
- D'Août, K.; Aerts, P. (1999). A kinematic comparison of forward and backward swimming in the eel Anguilla anguilla. J. Exp. Biol. 202(11): 1511-1521, more
- Van Damme, J.; Aerts, P.; De Vree, F. (1995). Kinematics of the escape head retraction in the common snake-necked turtle Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Belg. J. Zool. 125(1): 215-235, more
- D'Août, K.; Aerts, P.; De Vree, F. (1993). Swimming kinematics in the axolotl (Ambystmoma mexicanum): do they reflect the same mechanism as in fishes?, in: Chardon, M. et al. Third Belgian Congress of Zoology, 5-6 November 1993. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 123(Suppl. 1): pp. 13-14, more
- Decleyre, D.; Aerts, P.; Verraes, W. (1990). On the functional significance of the dorsal part of the A omega muscle in Pomatoschistus lozanoi (Teleostei Gobiidae). Belg. J. Zool. 120(2): 209-213, more
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| Peer reviewed publications (3) [show] |
- Aerts, P. (1992). Fish biomechanics: purpose or means. Neth. J. Zool. 42(2-3): 430-444. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854291X00432, more
- Aerts, P. (1990). Mathematical biomechanics and the "what?", "how?", and "why?" in functional morphology. Neth. J. Zool. 40(1): 153-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854289X00246, more
- Aerts, P.; De Vree, F.; Vandewalle, P. (1986). Pharyngeal jaw movements in Oreochromis niloticus (Teleostei : Cichlidae): Preliminary results of a cineradiographic analysis. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 116(1): 75-82, more
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| Book chapter [show] |
- Herrel, A.; Van Damme, J.; Aerts, P. (2007). Cervical anatomy and function in turtles, in: Wyneken, J. et al. Biology of turtles. pp. 163-185, more
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