Flow structure and transport characteristics of feeding and exchange currents generated by upside-down Cassiopea jellyfish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2369-2381

  Santhanakrishnan, Arvind ^a   Dollinger, Makani ^b   Hamlet, Christina L ^c   Colin, Sean P ^d,e   Miller, Laura A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassiopea; Currents; Feeding; Flow field; Swimming; Upside down jellyfish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOW KINETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JELLYFISH; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RHEOLOGY; SCYPHOZOA; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; AURELIA AURITA; CASSIOPEA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84863816266     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.053744     Document Type: Article

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