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Data files associated with The Sponge Pump: The Role of Current Induced Flow in the Design of the Sponge Body Plan
Download2011-09-19
Sponges are suspension feeders that use flagellated collar-cells (choanocytes) to actively filter a volume of water equivalent to many times their body volume each hour. Flow through sponges is thought to be enhanced by ambient current, which induces a pressure gradient across the sponge wall,...
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2022-01-16
This is a dataset of measurements of the canal system of the glass sponge Farrea occa, together with an analysis of the head loss (pressure drop) between incurrent and excurrent sides of the sponge