G. V. Lauder

Locomotor effects of a fibrosis-based immune response in stickleback fish

This study shows that fibrosis immune response in stickleback fish improves locomotor performance despite increased body stiffness, revealing unexpected fitness consequences of immune responses.

The fish body functions as an airfoil: surface pressures generate thrust during carangiform locomotion

This paper quantifies how the anterior body shape and movement of carangiform swimmers generate thrust through leading-edge suction, similar to an airfoil, and shows this contributes significantly to total thrust.