A self-cleaning biological filter: How appendicularians mechanically control particle adhesion and removal

New technology reveals the role of giant larvaceans in oceanic carbon cycling

(2017) Kakani Katija et al.   Science Advances

Particle shape impacts export and fate in the ocean through interactions with the globally abundant appendicularian Oikopleura dioica

(2017) Keats R. Conley et al.   PLoS One

A new approach to micro-scale particle image velocimetry (µPIV) for quantifying flows around free-swimming zooplankton

(2014) Brad J. Gemmell et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Pollen Dispersal by Catapult: Experiments of Lyman J. Briggs on the Flower of Mountain Laurel

(2014) John R. Nimmo et al.   PHYSICS IN PERSPECTIVE

Bio-Inspired Self-Cleaning Surfaces

(2012) Kesong Liu et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

DYNAMICS OF PULSATILE FLOWS THROUGH ELASTIC MICROTUBES

(2012) OMER SAN et al.   International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Experimental and modeling evidence of appendicularian-ciliate interactions

(2011) Fabien Lombard et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Active prey rejection in the filter-feeding appendicularianOikopleura dioica

(2011) F. Lombard et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Regulation of filter-feeding house components in response to varying food regimes in the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica

(2009) C. Troedsson et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Culture optimization for the emergent zooplanktonic model organism Oikopleura dioica

(2009) J.-M. Bouquet et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

House morphology and mechanisms of feeding in the Oikopleuridae (Tunicata, Appendicularia)

(2009) Alice L. Alldredge   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY