Ultra-fast underwater suction traps

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1720, 2011, Pages 2909-2914

  Vincent, Olivier ^a   Weißkopf, Carmen ^b   Poppinga, Simon ^b   Masselter, Tom ^b   Speck, Thomas ^b   Joyeux, Marc ^a   Quilliet, Catherine ^a   Marmottant, Philippe ^a  

^a LIPHY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladderwort; Carnivorous insectivorous plants; Fluid dynamics; Suction mechanism functional morphology; Utricularia

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMECHANICS; CARNIVORE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INSECTIVORY; PREY CAPTURE; SUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAPPING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; UTRICULARIA;

EID: 80052252455     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2292     Document Type: Article

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