Effects of snout dimensions on the hydrodynamics of suction feeding in juvenile and adult seahorses

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 307-317

  Roos, Gert ^a   Van Wassenbergh, Sam ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a,b   Herrel, Anthony ^a,c   Adriaens, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Expansion; Feeding; Ontogeny; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; JUVENILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; SUCTION;

ADULT ANIMAL; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEEDING; FISH; FLOW RATE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUTH; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAHORSE; SUCTION FEEDING;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME FACTORS;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 78349240111     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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