Filter feeders and plankton increase particle encounter rates through flow regime control

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7882-7887

  Humphries, Stuart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological fluid dynamics; Coagulation; Phytoplankton; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FILTER FEEDER; FLOW KINETICS; FOOD INTAKE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PLANKTON; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOSITY;

ALGAE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FILTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANKTON; SOFTWARE;

EID: 66049143040     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809063106     Document Type: Article

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