Turbulent Fluid Acceleration Generates Clusters of Gyrotactic Microorganisms
The motility of microorganisms is often biased by gradients in physical and chemical properties of their environment, with myriad implications on their ecology. Here we show that fluid acceleration reorients gyrotactic plankton, triggering small-scale clustering. We experimentally demonstrate this p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society,
2014-06-12T18:33:11Z.
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