A tale of three taxes: Photo-gyro-gravitactic bioconvection

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2398-2408

  Williams, C Rosie ^a   Bees, Martin Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioconvection; Gyrotaxis; Microorganism; Phototaxis; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; GRAVITY SENSING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TORQUE;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; GRAVITY SENSING; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MOVEMENT; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

ALGAE; CHLOROMONAS AUGUSTAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 79959552754     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.051094     Document Type: Article

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