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- Mark R. Patterson
- Division of Environmental Studies, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Kenneth P. Sebens
- Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, MA 01908
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<jats:p> Boundary layer thickness is a potentially important component of the diffusive pathway for gas exchange in aquatic organisms. The soft coral <jats:italic>Alcyonium siderium</jats:italic> (Octocorallia) and sea anemone <jats:italic>Metridium senile</jats:italic> (Actiniaria) exhibit significant increases in respiration with water flow over a range of Reynolds numbers encountered subtidally. A nondimensional mass transfer analysis of the effect of forced convection demonstrates the importance of the state of the organism's boundary layer in regulating metabolism in these invertebrates. Flow-modulated gas exchange may limit secondary productivity in subtidal environments. </jats:p>
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 86 (22), 8833-8836, 1989-11
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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詳細情報 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1360292621353832704
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- ISSN
- 10916490
- 00278424
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- データソース種別
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- Crossref