Primary inhibition: A mechanism for sudden stoppage of metachrony in ctenophores

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2004, Pages 155-162

  Moss, Anthony G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bero cucumis; Cilia; Comb plate; Metachrony; Neurociliary regulation; Pleurobrachia pileus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMECHANICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMB PLATE BEATING; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; METACHRONAL WAVES; METACHRONY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

NERVOUS SYSTEM;

BEROE; BEROE CUCUMIS; COELENTERATA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); CUCUMIS; EUKARYOTA; PLEUROBRACHIA; PLEUROBRACHIA PILEUS;

EID: 12444289624     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2693-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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