Sinking rates of phytoplankton filaments orientated at different angles: Theory and physical model

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1327-1336

  Holland, Daryl P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cylinder; filament; sedimentation; Stokes equation; trichome

Indexed keywords

CYLINDER; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOKES FORMULA; TRICHOME;

EID: 77955534713     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq044     Document Type: Article

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