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Multiscale flow between the branches and polyps of gorgonians

Gorgonians, including sea fans, are soft corals well known for their elaborate branching structure and how they sway in the ocean. This branching structure can modify environmental flows to be beneficial for feeding in a particular range of velocities and, presumably, for a particular size of prey....

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Autores principales: Hamlet, Christina L., Strickland, W. Christopher, Battista, Nicholas, Miller, Laura A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10038146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36789875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244520