Physical constraints on the size and shape of microalgae
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Scaling laws provide a link between biology and physics. They provide a means by which patterns in biology can be quantified and an explanation from physics can be correlated with such patterns. In this thesis, I use scaling laws to look for connections between biology and physics in two systems, diatom frustules and coralline algal reproduction. In Part I, I investigate diatom sinking speeds, a system for which a biologically derived scaling law has been known for some time, but is yet to be explained by a physically derived correlate (Chapter 1). Once I solve this discrepancy between the physical and biological scaling laws, I then spend the rest of the Part I deriving several other related scaling laws, from physical (Chapters 2 and 4) and biological (Chapter 3) perspectives. Part II works with an entirely new system for which few scaling laws have been derived, the spores of red algae and their attachment ability. This second part of my thesis works primarily from a biological perspective, as I empirically derive scaling laws and try to make sense of a new system.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Miklasz, Kevin |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Biological Sciences |
| Primary advisor | Denny, Mark W, 1951- |
| Thesis advisor | Denny, Mark W, 1951- |
| Thesis advisor | Connor, Judith, 1948- |
| Thesis advisor | Monismith, Stephen Gene |
| Thesis advisor | Somero, George N |
| Advisor | Connor, Judith, 1948- |
| Advisor | Monismith, Stephen Gene |
| Advisor | Somero, George N |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Kevin Alan Miklasz. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Biology. |
| Thesis | Ph.D. Stanford University 2012 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2012 by Kevin Miklasz
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA).
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