Volvox barberi, the fastest swimmer of the Volvocales (Chlorophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1395-1398

  Solari, Cristian A ^a   Michod, Richard E ^b   Goldstein, Raymond E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Motility; Multicellularity; Swimming speeds; Volvocales; Volvox barberi

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOX; VOLVOX BARBERI;

EID: 57449085355     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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