起伏:足动物逆转近身流量,在水柱中巡航
Nils B Tack1, Sara Oliveira Santos1, Brad J Gemmell2
1School of Engineering, Brown University, 345 Brook St, Providence, RI 02912 USA.
概括
足动物使用吸收机制来增强向上游泳的推力,克服负浮力. 这种通过吸水产生的吸水,有助于它们在海洋生态系统中的垂直迁移.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
背景情况:
- 足动物是负浮力主要消费者,对海洋生态系统至关重要.
- 它们的垂直迁移需要大量的能量来克服重力.
- 能够有效地向上游泳的机制仍然不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究使足动物能够向上游泳的水力动力学机制.
- 确定吸入是否在垂直迁移期间对补偿能源成本起到作用.
- 为了了解类游泳在上升运动和下降运动之间有什么不同.
主要方法:
- 在游泳的copepods周围的速度和压力场的实验分析.
- 在模拟垂直迁移过程中测量流体动力学.
- 对脚的腿部运动与身体方向的动力学分析.
主要成果:
- 向上游泳的copepods产生环境下压力梯度,创造一个上游吸力.
- 这种吸气机制补充了腿部产生的推力,增强了推进力.
- 在向上游泳中,吸入有助于在大约三分之一的腿部恢复冲动期间净推力.
- 游向下游的类动物不会表现出这种增强推力的吸力效应,这是由于不同的腿部动力学和身体取向.
结论:
- 吸收是类上升迁移期间能源消耗的关键补偿机制.
- 科佩的游泳动力学适应了身体的方向,以优化推力产生.
- 这些发现揭示了介生浮游生物通过水力动力运输在海洋生物化学过程中的作用.
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