Syllabus, draft of 4/2/03

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Date 2003

Topic

Discussion Paper

Who's Here

1

21 January

Organization (B&J)

N/A

B&J

2

28 January

Particle settling/Re (J)

Koehl, M.A.R., P.A. Jumars and L. Karp-Boss. 2003. Algal biophysics. European J. Phycol., accepted. For lots more references, see the NSF proposal.

B&J

3

4 February

Hydrosol filtration mechanisms (J)

Riisgard, H.U., and P.S. Larsen. 2001. Minireview: Ciliary filter feeding and bio-fluid mechanics - present understanding and unsolved problems. Limnol. Oceanogr. 46: 882-891.

B&J

4

11 February

Small-scale turbulence, and bottom boundary layers (B)

Yamazaki, H., D. L. Mackas, and K. L. Denman, 2002, Coupling small-scale physical processes with biology. ch. 3 of The Sea, Volume 12, edited by A. R. Robinson, J. J. McCarthy and B. J. Rothschild, Wiley & Sons, New-York.

B

5

18 February

Particle coagulation (J)

Gonzalez, E..A. and P.S. Hill 1998. A method for estimating the flocculation time of monodispersed sediment suspensions. Deep-Sea Res. 45: 1931-1954. or

Mead, K.S., and M.W. Denny. 1995. The effects of hydrodynamic shear stress on fertilization and early development of the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Biol. Bull. 188: 46-56

B&J

6

25 February

Deposition mechanisms (J)

Huettel, M., and A. Rusch. 2000. Transport and degradation of phytoplankton in permeable sediment Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 534-549

For a recent summary of boundary-layer dynamics and sediment transport, see Boudreau, B.P., and B.B. Jørgensen, Eds. The Benthic Boundary Layer. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.

For specific topics and references, see Pete or Emmanuel

B&J

7

4 March

Navier-Stokes Equations (B)

Material from Emmanuel

B&J

8

25 March

Reynolds stresses and eddy diffusion (B)

Material from Emmanuel

B

9

1 April

Encounter formulations(J)

Chapter 3 (Jumars 1993) and Chapter 16 (Dusenbery 1992)

B&J

10

7 April

Encounter modulated by sensory capabilities (J)

Visser, A.W. 2001. Hydromechanical signals in the plankton. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 222: 1-24.

B&J

11

18 April

Net Dispersion

 

B&J

12

22 April

Swimming

 Purcell, E. M., 1977. Life at low Reynolds number. American Journal of Physics , 45(1):3­11, 1977.

B&J

13

29 April

Student presentations

 

B&J

14

6 May

Fluid play

 

B

Forever Supplemental Readings Denny, M.W., E.K. Nelson and K.S. Mead. 2002. Revised estimates of the effects of turbulence on fertilization in the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Biol. Bull. 203: 275-277. Corrections to shear rates in Mead and Denny (1995, above)

Dusenbery, D.B. 1996. Information is where you find it. Biol. Bull. 191: 124-128. The cues that organisms use may not be the ones that you expect.

Dusenbery, D.B. 1997. Minimum size limit for useful locomotion by free-swimming microbes. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 94: 10949-10954. Brownian rotational diffusion pushes smaller organisms off course.

Dusenbery, D.B. 1998. Fitness landscapes for effects of shape on chemotaxis and other behaviors of bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 180: 5978-5983. Form and function in bacteria.

Dusenbery, D.B. 1998. Spatial sensing of stimulus gradients can be superior to temporal sensing for free-swimming bacteria. Biophysical J. 74: 2272-2277. Bacteria, should be able to detect a gradient along the "body."

Dusenbery, D.B. 2000. Selection for high gamete encounter rates explains the success of male and female mating types. J. Theor. Biol. 202: 1-10. Specialization on pheromone production vs. motility.

Dusenbery, D.B. 2001. Performance of basic strategies for following gradients in two dimensions. J. Theor. Biol. 208: 345-360. Evaluates alterantive methods for following gradients.

Dusenbery, D.B. 2002. Ecological models explaining the success of distinctive sperm and eggs (Oogamy). J. Theor. Biol. 219: 1-7. Explicit model supporting link of egg size and capacity for pheromone release.