Many calanoid copepods vibrate their mouthparts to create a feeding current. The frequencies range from 10 Hz in some large animals to over 60 Hz in smaller animals. We focused at the near-field part of the current where the water also vibrates due to the proximity of the vibrating appendages. We concentrated our efforts on the questions (1) whether vibration sensors as described in Tautz (1979) can detect vibrating particles in the vibrating near-field of the feeding currents, and (2) whether soft particles, e.g., small oil droplets, will be modified in the near-field due to the high stress field close to the vibrating appendages

17th Ocean Sciences Meeting, 23-28 February 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii USA

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