Disruption of vertical motility by shear triggers formation of thin phytoplankton layers

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5917, 2009, Pages 1067-1070

  Durham, William M ^a   Kessler, John O ^b   Stocker, Roman ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROORGANISM; MOTILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHEAR; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; GRAVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SHEAR FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SHAPE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ECOSYSTEM; FLAGELLA; GRAVITATION; MOVEMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 60749110161     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167334     Document Type: Article

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