Why does the jumping ciliate Mesodinium rubrum possess an equatorially located propulsive ciliary belt?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 998-1011

  Jiang, Houshuo ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; Froude propulsion efficiency; hydrodynamic signal; jumping ciliate; Mesodinium rubrum; nutrient uptake

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PREDATION RISK; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MESODINIUM RUBRUM;

EID: 79959287684     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr007     Document Type: Article

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