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Suction causes novel tooth wear in marine mammals, with implications for feeding evolution in baleen whales
Teeth are the primary tool used by most mammals to capture and process food. Over the lifetime of an individual, they progressively wear through...
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Moby-bass: suction feeding by predators limits direct release of alarm cues in fishes
AbstractChemical alarm cues alert aquatic prey to the presence of an actively foraging predator. There is a large literature based upon responses to...
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Removal of collagen three-dimensional scaffold bubbles utilizing a vacuum suction technique
The process of generating type I/II collagen scaffolds is fraught with bubble formation, which can interfere with the three-dimensional structure of...
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Physics of Suction Cups in Air and in Water
We present experimental results for the dependency of the pull-off time (failure time) on the pull-off force for suction cups in the air and in...
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A suction pump sampler for invertebrate drift detects exceptionally high concentrations of small invertebrates that drift nets miss
Invertebrate drift is a key process in riverine ecosystems controlling aquatic invertebrate distribution and availability to fish as prey. However,...
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Morphology of powerful suction organs from blepharicerid larvae living in raging torrents
BackgroundSuction organs provide powerful yet dynamic attachments for many aquatic animals, including octopus, squid, remora, and clingfish. While...
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Tree root-soil interaction: field study of the effect of trees on soil moisture and ground movement in an urban environment
AimsLittle research has been conducted to quantify the atmosphere-plant-soil interaction in urban environments due to a lack of understanding of...
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The impacts of temperature on feeding behaviors in tautog (Family: Labridae; Tautoga onitis)
Changing environmental temperatures can impact ectotherm behavior in a number of ways, many of which can be crucial for survival. Prey capture...
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Diversity of Feeding Methods in Teleosts (Teleostei) in the Context of the Morphology of Their Jaw Apparatus (Review)
AbstractThis paper provides a review of methods of initial strike prey capture (suction, ram, and biting) in different representatives of Teleostei ...
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Functional morphology of prey capture in stream-dwelling sailfin silversides (Telmatherinidae) based on high-speed video recordings
Understanding how ecology shapes the evolution of morphological traits is a major goal in organismal biology. By quantifying force of motion,...
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Sampling Plankton
Plankton, ranging from viruses to large jellyfish, require specific sampling methods based on size. For microscopic unicellular plankton, we use...
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Convergence of Aquatic Feeding Modes in the Sauropsida (Crocodiles, Birds, Lizards, Snakes and, Turtles)
The Sauropsida includes the extant crocodiles, birds, turtles, lizards and snakes. With roughly 30,000 described species, it is not only the largest...
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Convergent Evolution of Attachment Mechanisms in Aquatic Animals
To resist hydrodynamic forces, two main underwater attachment strategies have evolved multiple times in aquatic animals: glue-like “bioadhesive...
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Is lionfish ontogenetic dietary change mediated by morphological functionality?
The objective of this study was to explore ontogenetic changes in functional morphological traits of the invasive lionfish ( Pterois volitans ) and to...
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Intravital Microscopy for Imaging and Live Cell Tracking of Alveolar Macrophages in Real Time
Classic in vitro coculture assays of pathogens with host cells have contributed significantly to our understanding of the intracellular lifestyle of...
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Oxygen Transport and Plant Ventilation
Internal transport of gases is critical for plants inhabiting flood-prone areas that experience soil oxygen deficiency. Plant adaptation to...
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Combined influence of water-absorbing polymer and vegetation on soil water characteristic curve under field condition
AimsWater-absorbing polymer (WAP) is recognized as a suitable soil additive for enhancing water retention and storage in the root zone under arid...
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Coupled effects of atmospheric CO2 concentration and nutrients on plant-induced soil suction
Background and aimSome studies have shown that an increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentration reduces plant transpiration while others have...
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Lipid profiling of suction blister fluid: comparison of lipids in interstitial fluid and plasma
BackgroundRecent technical advances in the extraction of dermal interstitial fluid (ISF) have stimulated interest in using this rather unexploited...
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Passive acoustics suggest two different feeding mechanisms in the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus)
The vocal repertoire of walruses has been widely described in the bioacoustic literature. These marine mammals produce several distinct types of...
