Filtration of submicrometer particles by pelagic tunicates
Filtration of submicrometer particles by pelagic tunicates
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Salps are common in oceanic waters and have higher per-individual filtration rates than any other zooplankton filter feeder. Although salps are centimeters in length, feeding via particle capture occurs on a fine, mucous mesh (fiber diameter d ∼0.1 μm) at low velocity (U = 1.6 ± 0.6 cm·s −1 , mean ± SD) and is thus a low Reynolds-number (Re ∼10 −3...
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Filtration of submicrometer particles by pelagic tunicates
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TN_cdi_pnas_primary_107_34_15129
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pnas_primary_107_34_15129
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1003599107
