Non-spherical Swimmers in the Ocean
Non-spherical Swimmers in the Ocean
Session ID#: 123179
Session Description:
Organisms ranging from bacteria to protozoa, crustaceans, and fish are ubiquitous in ocean fluid environments. These organisms are universally featured with non-spherical shapes and considerable intrinsic mobility, and they are usually surrounded by complex or even turbulent fluid environments. The interactions between these active non-spherical swimmers and dynamic fluid environments are essential in a wide range of processes, such as nutrient uptake, marine megafauna bycatch, and biological ocean mixing. Unlike passive spherical tracers, active non-spherical swimmers do not exactly follow the flow due to their shapes and intrinsic mobility. This session will identify our current understanding and approaches (experimental, numerical and observational) for non-spherical active swimmers in dynamic fluid environments as well as the importunate questions in non-spherical active swimmers. Contributions are welcome on numerical, experimental, and field observational study of pressing questions of non-spherical swimmers in dynamic fluid environments.
Index Terms:
0416 Biogeophysics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
4534 Hydrodynamic modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4568 Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4890 Zooplankton [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Primary Convener: Lei Fang, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Convener: Xu Liang, University of Pittsburgh, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Primary Liaison: Jeen-Shang Lin, University of Pittsburgh, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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