Filtration of submicrometer particles by pelagic tunicates

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

Volumn 107, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 15129-15134

  Sutherland, Kelly R ^a,c   Madin, Laurence P ^a   Stocker, Roman ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Carbon cycle; Colloids; Low Reynolds number; Salps

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CELL ENERGY; DIATOM; FLAGELLATE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SCALP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FILTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SALPIDA; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FILTRATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOPLANKTON; UROCHORDATA; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 77956998568     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003599107     Document Type: Article

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