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ArticleZoological letters2019

Testing the adaptive value of gastropod shell morphology to flow: a multidisciplinary approach based on morphometrics, computational fluid dynamics and a flow tank experiment.

Gerlien Verhaegen, Hendrik Herzog, Katrin Korsch, Gerald Kerth, Martin Brede, Martin Haase

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Article in Zoological letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gerlien Verhaegen1Vogelwarte, Zoologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Greifswald, Soldmannstraße 23, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8942-8112
Hendrik Herzog2Institut für Zoologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
Katrin Korsch3Angewandte Zoologie und Naturschutz, Zoologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Greifswald, Loitzer Str. 26, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Gerald Kerth3Angewandte Zoologie und Naturschutz, Zoologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Greifswald, Loitzer Str. 26, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Martin Brede4Lehrstuhl Strömungsmechanik, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 2, 18051 Rostock, Germany.
Martin Haase1Vogelwarte, Zoologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Greifswald, Soldmannstraße 23, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald · DEUniversity of Bonn · DEUniversity of Rostock · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major question in stream ecology is how invertebrates cope with flow. In aquatic gastropods, typically, larger and more globular shells with larger apertures are found in lotic (flowing water) versus lentic (stagnant water) habitats. This has been hypothetically linked to a larger foot, and thus attachment area, which has been suggested to be an adaptation against risk of dislodgement by current. Empirical evidence for this is scarce. Furthermore, these previous studies did not discuss the unavoidable increase in drag forces experienced by the snails as a consequence of the increased cross sectional area. Here, using

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AdaptationComputational fluid dynamicsFlow tankGastropodMorphologyPotamopyrgus antipodarum

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PMID30680227
PMCPMC6337808
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