Photo-gyrotactic bioconvection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 678, Issue , 2011, Pages 41-86

  Williams, C R ^a   Bees, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioconvection; instability; swimming flying

Indexed keywords

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA STABILITY;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; BIOCONVECTION; BIOCONVECTION PATTERNS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; GRAVITATIONAL TORQUE; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; PHOTOTROPHIC ALGAE; SWIMMING/FLYING;

MICROORGANISMS;

ALGA; CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MICROORGANISM; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOTAXIS; SWIMMING;

ALGAE;

EID: 79959572066     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.100     Document Type: Article

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