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Note Concerning Physalia Behavior at Sea 1
Author(s) -
Woodcock Alfred H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1971.16.3.0551
Subject(s) - jellyfish , oceanography , environmental science , biology , geology , fishery
Observations of Physalia from an open boat at sea show that pneumatophore dipping frequency increases with wind speed, and experiments suggest that muscular contractions due to osmotic pressure differences may cause the dipping.