The Kinematics of Swimming and Relocation Jumps in Copepod Nauplii

Copepod nauplii move in a world dominated by viscosity. Their swimming-by-jumping propulsion mode, with alternating power and recovery strokes of three pairs of cephalic appendages, is fundamentally different from the way other microplankters move. Protozoans move using cilia or flagella, and copepo...

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Main Authors: Andersen Borg, Christian Marc, Bruno, Eleonora, Kiørboe, Thomas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480368/