Caught in the crossflow

被引:35
作者
Brainerd, EL [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Biol, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[2] Univ Massachusetts, Program Organism & Evolutionary Biol, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
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D O I
10.1038/35086666
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Suspension-feeding fishes filter water through complex structures in their throats. Food particles could clog the filters, but the fishes have a cunning system to prevent that happening.
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页码:387 / 388
页数:2
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