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

DOI10.1007/BF02460639zbMath0790.92005MaRDI 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 equations; continuity equations; gyrotaxis; algal blooms; streamers; momentum equations; plume model; concentration fluxes; horizontal heterogeneity in cell concentration; self- focusing pattern formation of motile micro-organisms; steady-state plume; vertical transport of micro-organisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92C15: Developmental biology, pattern formation

76Z10: Biopropulsion in water and in air

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Spatio-temporal pattern formation in coupled models of plankton dynamics and fish school motion, Gyrotaxis: Interaction between algae and flagellates

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