Efficient survival strategy for zooplankton in turbulence
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| author | Mousavi, Navid Qiu, Jingran Mehlig, Bernhard Zhao, Lihao Gustavsson, Kristian |
| author_facet | Mousavi, Navid Qiu, Jingran Mehlig, Bernhard Zhao, Lihao Gustavsson, Kristian |
| contents | Zooplankton in a quiescent environment can detect predators by hydrodynamic sensing, triggering powerful escape responses. Since turbulent strain tends to mask the hydrodynamic signal, the organisms should avoid such regions, but it is not known how they accomplish this. We found a simple, robust, and highly efficient strategy, that relies on measuring the sign of gradients of squared strain. Plankton following this strategy show very strong spatial clustering, and align against the local flow velocity, facilitating mate finding and feeding. The strategy has the potential to reconcile competing fitness pressures. |
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| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Efficient survival strategy for zooplankton in turbulence Mousavi, Navid Qiu, Jingran Mehlig, Bernhard Zhao, Lihao Gustavsson, Kristian Fluid Dynamics Zooplankton in a quiescent environment can detect predators by hydrodynamic sensing, triggering powerful escape responses. Since turbulent strain tends to mask the hydrodynamic signal, the organisms should avoid such regions, but it is not known how they accomplish this. We found a simple, robust, and highly efficient strategy, that relies on measuring the sign of gradients of squared strain. Plankton following this strategy show very strong spatial clustering, and align against the local flow velocity, facilitating mate finding and feeding. The strategy has the potential to reconcile competing fitness pressures. |
| title | Efficient survival strategy for zooplankton in turbulence |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09641 |