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Ciliary Feeding

Ciliary Feeding is a feeding mechanism in marine invertebrates in which the capture and transport of food particles is mediated by the coordinated action of cilia, distinguishing it from alternative feeding strategies that rely on filtration, predation, or absorption without ciliary involvement.

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2017–2026

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Perspectives on mucus secretion in reef corals

BE Brown · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 2005 · 503 citations · Full text

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Ecology of planktonic ciliates in marine food webs

Richard W. Pierce, Jefferson T. Turner · Frontiers in Public Health · 1992 · 389 citations

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Suspension feeding in ciliated protozoa: Functional response and particle size selection

Tom Fenchel · Microbial Ecology · 1980 · 319 citations

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Feeding behaviour, prey detection and capture efficiency of the copepod Acartia tonsa feeding on planktonic ciliates

P.M. Jónsson, Peter Tiselius · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1990 · 285 citations · Full text

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Structure and Function of Metazoan Ciliary Bands and Their Phylogenetic Significance

Claus Nielsen · Acta Zoologica · 1987 · 271 citations

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Authors

448

  1. DA
    D. Atkins

    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 478 citations

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  2. RR
    Richard R. Strathmann

    University of Washington, United States

    10 publications · 398 citations

    10

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  3. CM
    C. M. Yonge

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 558 citations

    9

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  4. CN
    Claus Nielsen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    8 publications · 701 citations

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  5. TK
    Takashi Kamiyama

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    8 publications · 290 citations

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Institutions

249

  1. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    680 citations

  3. Plymouth Marine Laboratory

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    580 citations

  4. Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency

    Yokohama, Japan

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    462 citations

  5. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    434 citations

  6. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    342 citations

  8. Technical University of Denmark

    Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    258 citations

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  1. Biological Bulletin

    26 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 21 publications · 2K citations

    17

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  4. Journal of Plankton Research

    11 publications · 574 citations

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  5. Aquatic Microbial Ecology

    10 publications · 490 citations

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