Lecture 4

Cells sinking rates

Stokes equation
effect of size and shape
big vs. small cell physiology
(morphology)

entrainment/resuspension

average sinking vs. resuspension

bouyancy

rates
rates we measured - two ways
link

gas vesicles in vacuoles Walsby 1994

structure - fig 11
collapse - figure 20
match to depth of lake (AFA + UKL 12 m)

optimization of depth - Konopka

buoyancy and ballast

focusing

horizontal patchines

DETOUR: calculating growth rates

patch area / dilution / growth rate
equations

buoyancy and horizontal patterns

proposal - figure 4
Franks 1997
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