Ciliary-propelling mechanism, effect of temperature and viscosity on swimming speed, and adaptive significance of 'jumping' in the ciliate Mesodinium rubrum

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 585-595

  Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^a   Larsen, Poul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ciliary propelling; Hydrodynamic modelling; Jump speed; Kinematic viscosity; PVP; Swim cilia beat frequency

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CILIATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL TEST; POLYMER; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY; VIDEOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MESODINIUM RUBRUM;

EID: 70350600129     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000902729704     Document Type: Article

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