Measuring drag without a force transducer: a terminal velocity assay
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Measuring drag without a force transducer: a terminal velocity assay
1. Organisms live surrounded by air or water, which exert drag on an organism when moving. These forces are significant ecologically because they can affect organisms’ distribution, behaviour or dispersal. 2. Appropriate techniques for measuring or estimating these forces vary greatly depending on the magnitude of the forces and the flow pattern of the moving fluid (air or water; both gases and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Functional Ecology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0269-8463
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00617.x