Flexibility foils filter function: Structural limitations on suspension feeding

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3563-3572

  Ferner, Matthew C ^a   Gaylord, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cylindrical arrays; Elastic modulus; Filtration; Functional morphology; Leakiness; Low Reynolds number; Structural flexibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FILTRATION; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SUSPENSION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FILTRATION; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUSPENSIONS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 55949133119     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.018010     Document Type: Article

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