Slow-moving predatory gastropods track prey odors in fast and turbulent flow

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 809-819

  Ferner, Matthew C ^a,b   Weissburg, Marc J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer flow; Busycon carica; Chemosensation; Foraging success; Hydrodynamic; Odor plume; Predation; Temporal integration; Turbulence; Velocity

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEORGIA; MOLLUSCA; ODORS; SEAWATER; SMELL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; BUSYCON CARICA; CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 15944396572     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01438     Document Type: Article

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