filter feeding
- How do baleen whales stow their filter? A comparative biomechanical analysis of baleen bending
Summary: The baleen of right and bowhead whales is longer than the height of the mouth; experiments show it is highly flexible and bends along its length to accommodate mouth closure.
- Channeling vorticity: modeling the filter-feeding mechanism in silver carp using μCT and 3D PIV
Summary: The greatly modified filtering plates of silver carp produce strong, directed vortical flow during filter feeding, which is thought to potentially increase feeding efficiency.
- The evolution of foraging capacity and gigantism in cetaceans
Summary: Cetaceans have evolved specialized foraging mechanisms and extremely large body size to exploit unique ecological niches in the ocean.
- The energetic cost of filtration by demosponges and their behavioural response to ambient currents
Summary: Filter feeding in demosponges is energetically costly, with some species showing active behavioural control over the amount of water they filter under different ambient current speeds.