Abstract
Bioconvection occurs as the result of the collective behaviour of many micro-organisms swimming in a fluid and ts realised as patterns similar to those of thermal convection which occur when a layer of water is heated from below. A methodology is developed to record the bioconvection patterns that are formed by aqueous cultures of the single-celled alga Chlamydomonas nivalis. The analysis that is used to quantify the patterns as a function of cell concentration, suspension depth and time is described and experimental results are presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1515-1526 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Biology |
| Volume | 200 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - May 1997 |