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25 OCT
Swimming microorganisms move as they please, and it requires patience to observe their appendage motions, swimming kinematics, and the resulting flows. In a new paper...
26 SEP
Diatoms are one of the most diverse groups of phytoplankton in the ocean. One reason for this high diversity is the evolution of multiple defence mechanisms and subsequent...
07 SEP
Ambush-feeding copepods passively wait for its prey and capture them by a fast surprise attack. The copepods sense the hydromechanical signals generated by their motile...
14 JUL
Flagellates live in a small-scale environment where viscosity impedes contact with their bacterial prey. Most flagellates use the active waving motion of a flexible flagellum...
22 JUN
Many species of phytoplankton release toxins that combat competitors and predators. It has long puzzled researchers how such ‘public good’ toxicity has evolved, because...
05 MAY
In the oceans, a nearly constant biomass of organisms is found in equal log- intervals of body-size. This large-scale regularity is referred to as the size spectrum...
29 APR
Despite living in a micro-scale world governed by viscosity, heterotrophic nanoflagellates are able to clear great volumes of water for prey by creating feeding flows...
22 APR
The deep-sea glass sponge Euplectella aspergillum is well known due to its beautiful lattice-work structure, and has attracted interest in its solid and fluid mechanical...
13 APR
The bloom-forming diatom Pseudo-nitzschia produces a potent neurotoxin, domoic acid, that may cause closure of fisheries. The reason for its production has long been...
08 APR
Phytoplankton employ a wide variety of defense against grazers, and rely on chemical cues to assess the current grazing pressure. However, these signals are potentially...
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