Mechanisms of physical-biological-biogeochemical interaction at the oceanic mesoscale

DJ McGillicuddy Jr - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Mesoscale phenomena are ubiquitous and highly energetic features of ocean circulation.
Their influence on biological and biogeochemical processes varies widely, stemming not …

On the Front Line: frontal zones as priority at‐sea conservation areas for mobile marine vertebrates

KL Scales, PI Miller, LA Hawkes… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying priority areas for marine vertebrate conservation is complex because species of
conservation concern are highly mobile, inhabit dynamic habitats and are difficult to monitor …

[图书][B] Textbook of limnology

GA Cole, PE Weihe - 2015 - books.google.com
The interdisciplinary nature of limnology requires lucid and well-integrated coverage of
biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and resource management. Paul Weihe skillfully …

A hybrid underwater robot for multidisciplinary investigation of the ocean twilight zone

DR Yoerger, AF Govindarajan, JC Howland… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Mesobot, an autonomous underwater vehicle, addresses specific unmet needs for observing
and sampling a variety of phenomena in the ocean's midwaters. The midwater hosts a vast …

Flow navigation by smart microswimmers via reinforcement learning

S Colabrese, K Gustavsson, A Celani, L Biferale - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Smart active particles can acquire some limited knowledge of the fluid environment from
simple mechanical cues and exert a control on their preferred steering direction. Their goal …

Vertical swimming behavior influences the dispersal of simulated oyster larvae in a coupled particle-tracking and hydrodynamic model of Chesapeake Bay

EW North, Z Schlag, RR Hood, M Li, L Zhong… - Marine Ecology …, 2008 - int-res.com
Because planktonic organisms have swimming speeds that are orders of magnitude lower
than horizontal current velocities, it is unclear whether behavior of weak-swimming bivalve …

Bacterial rheotaxis

Marcos, HC Fu, TR Powers… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The motility of organisms is often directed in response to environmental stimuli. Rheotaxis is
the directed movement resulting from fluid velocity gradients, long studied in fish, aquatic …

Plankton distribution and ocean dispersal

MA McManus, CB Woodson - Journal of Experimental …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Plankton are small organisms that dwell in oceans, seas and bodies of fresh water. In this
review, we discuss life in the plankton, which involves a balance between the behavioral …

Disruption of vertical motility by shear triggers formation of thin phytoplankton layers

WM Durham, JO Kessler, R Stocker - science, 2009 - science.org
Thin layers of phytoplankton are important hotspots of ecological activity that are found in the
coastal ocean, meters beneath the surface, and contain cell concentrations up to two orders …

Mesoscale eddies are oases for higher trophic marine life

OR Godø, A Samuelsen, GJ Macaulay, R Patel… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Mesoscale eddies stimulate biological production in the ocean, but knowledge of energy
transfers to higher trophic levels within eddies remains fragmented and not quantified …