Aquatic versus terrestrial attachment: Water makes a difference
Animal attachment to a substrate is very different in terrestrial and aquatic environments. We discuss variations in both the forces acting to detach animals and forces of attachment. While in a terrestrial environment gravity is commonly understood as the most important detachment force, under subm...
Main Authors: | Petra Ditsche, Adam P. Summers |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Beilstein-Institut
2014-12-01
|
Series: | Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.252 |
Similar Items
-
Holding in the stream: convergent evolution of suckermouth structures in Loricariidae (Siluriformes)
by: Wencke Krings, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01) -
Contribution of friction and adhesion to the reliable attachment of a gecko to smooth inclines
by: Zhouyi Wang, et al.
Published: (2017-11-01) -
Attachment ability of combined biomimetic adhesive micro-textures of different shapes
by: David Badler, et al.
Published: (2023-01-01) -
Physical principles of fluid-mediated insect attachment - Shouldn’t insects slip?
by: Jan-Henning Dirks
Published: (2014-07-01) -
Mechanics of Crater-Enabled Soft Dry Adhesives: A Review
by: Liu Wang, et al.
Published: (2020-12-01)