The hydrodynamics of chemical cues among aquatic organisms

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2009, Pages 73-90

  Webster, D R ^a   Weissburg, M J ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological physical interactions; Chemical cue structure; Chemical transport

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL-PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; FLOW REGIMES; FLUID VELOCITIES; LIFE PROCESS; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ADVECTION; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FLUID DYNAMICS;

BIOFOULING;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL CUE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDRODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67651040064     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.010908.165240     Document Type: Review

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