Growth of bioconvection patterns in a suspension of gyrotactic micro-organisms in a layer of finite depth

DOI10.1017/S0022112089002922zbMath0686.76053MaRDI QIDQ4205212

Nicholas A. Hill, Timothy J. Pedley, J. O. Kessler

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous suspension; effect of gyrotaxis; linear stability of a suspension of swimming, negatively buoyant micro-organisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92B05: General biology and biomathematics

76Z10: Biopropulsion in water and in air

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