The forces exerted by aquatic suction feeders on their prey

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 553-560

  Wainwright, Peter C ^a   Day, Steven W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish feeding; Fish feeding performance; Fluid mechanics; Prey capture strategy; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; FRESHWATER FISH; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SIMULATION; SUCTION;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 34249808807     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0197     Document Type: Article

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