Symbolic analysis of plankton swimming trajectories: Case study of strobilidium sp. (Protista) helical walking under various food conditions

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-303

  Vandromme, Pieter ^a,b,c,d   Schmitt, François G ^a,b,c   Souissi, Sami ^a,b,c   Buskey, Edward J ^e   Rudi Strickler, J ^f   Wu, Cheng Han ^g   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^g  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Plankton behavior; Protista; Simulation; Swimming states; Symbolic dynamics

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM SP.; PROTISTA; STROBILIDIUM SP.;

EID: 79952692021     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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