Gyrotaxis: A plume model for self-focusing micro-organisms

DOI10.1007/BF02460639zbMath0790.92005OpenAlexW4255708077MaRDI QIDQ1319882

Uwe Timm, Akira Okubo

Publication date: 5 June 1994

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02460639

zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationscontinuity equationsgyrotaxisalgal bloomsstreamersmomentum equationsplume modelconcentration fluxeshorizontal heterogeneity in cell concentrationself- focusing pattern formation of motile micro-organismssteady-state plumevertical transport of micro-organisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Developmental biology, pattern formation (92C15) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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