Colonial Architecture Modulates the Speed and Efficiency of Multi-Jet Swimming in Salp Colonies
Alejandro Damian-Serrano, Kai A. Walton, Anneliese Bishop-Perdue, Sophie Bagoye, Kevin T. Du Clos, Bradford J. Gemmell, Sean P. Colin, John H. Costello, Kelly R. Sutherland
The paper compares swimming speed and energy efficiency across salp colony architectures, finding linear arrangements are faster and more efficient due to better frontal drag scaling.
bioRxiv · Apr 18, 2024Zoology