Article
Phenotypic plasticity in juvenile jellyfish medusae facilitates effective animal-fluid interaction.
Biology letters - 23 Jun 2010
Nawroth J C, Feitl K E, Colin S P, Costello J H, Dabiri J O
Abstract excerpt
Locomotion and feeding in marine animals are intimately linked to the flow dynamics created by specialized body parts. This interaction is of particular importance during ontogeny, when changes in behaviour and scale challenge the organism with shifts in fluid regimes and altered functionality. Previous studies have indicated that Scyphozoan jellyfish ontogeny accommodates the changes in fluid dynamics associated...
Topics
- Animals
- Biomechanical Phenomena
- Models, Biological
- Morphogenesis
- Phenotype
- Scyphozoa
- Swimming
- Temperature
- Viscosity