The fluid physics of signal perception by mate-tracking copepods

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1369, 1998, Pages 787-804

  Yen, Jeannette ^a   Weissburg, Marc J ^b   Doall, Michael H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Diffusion; Kolmogorov; Mechanoreception; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HUMULUS LUPULUS; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 0032577505     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0243     Document Type: Article

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