Phytoplankton can actively diversify their migration strategy in response to turbulent cues
Sengupta, A.; Carrara, F.; Stocker, R. (2017). Phytoplankton can actively diversify their migration strategy in response to turbulent cues. Nature (Lond.) 543(7646): 555–558. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature21415
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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- Sengupta, A.
- Carrara, F.
- Stocker, R.
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Abstract |
Here, marine phytoplankton are shown to diversify their migratory strategy in response to turbulent cues through a rapid change in shape, thus challenging a fundamental paradigm in oceanography that phytoplankton are passively at the mercy of ocean turbulence. |
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