Indefatigable: An erect coralline alga is highly resistant to fatigue

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3772-3780

  Denny, Mark ^a   Mach, Katharine ^b   Tepler, Sarah ^b,c   Martone, Patrick ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calliarthron cheilosporioides; Fatigue failure; Hydrodynamic forces; Intertidal ecology; Size limits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CALLIARTHRON CHEILOSPORIOIDES; FATIGUE FAILURE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; INTERTIDAL ECOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIZE LIMITS; WATER FLOW;

CALLIARTHRON CHEILOSPORIOIDES; FATIGUE FAILURE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; INTERTIDAL ECOLOGY; SIZE LIMITS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHODOPHYTA; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORSION, MECHANICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84884889730     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.091264     Document Type: Article

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