|
|
|
|
|
| Bonhommeau, Sylvain; Blanke, Bruno; Treguier, Anne-marie; Grima, Nicolas; Rivot, Etienne; Vermard, Youen; Greiner, Eric; Le Pape, Olivier. |
| The migration duration of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) larvae (leptocephali) from the spawning areas in the Sargasso Sea to the European continental shelf remains highly controversial, with estimates varying from 6 months to more than 2 yr. We estimated the fastest migration period and the shortest distance travelled by eel larvae by simulating Lagrangian particles released in the Sargasso Sea and by simulating a range of larval behaviours (fixed-depth drift, vertical diurnal migration and active-depth selection to maximize current velocity). This enabled us to compute (i) a passive drift speed, and (ii) a hypothetic swimming speed needed for European eel larvae to cross the Atlantic in 6 months (i.e., the migration duration estimated from otolith... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Sargasso Sea; Migration duration; Leptocephali; Lagrangian modelling; Gulf Stream; Fractals; Anguilla. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6865.pdf |
| |
|
|
| CANALS,MAURICIO; OLIVARES,RICARDO; LABRA,FABIAN; NOVOA,FRANCISCO F. |
| Respiration and metabolism change dramatically over the course of the development of vertebrates. In mammals these changes may be ascribed to organogenesis and differentiation of structures involved in gas exchange and transport and the increase in size. Since young as well as mature individuals must be well-designed if the species is to survive, the physiological changes during the development should be matched with geometrical or structural adjustments of the respiratory system. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in the fractal geometry of the bronchial tree during the postnatal development of the rat. The average fractal dimension of the bronchial tree of the rats was 1.587, but that of juveniles was larger than that of the adults. We found... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Bronchial tree; Fractals; Ontogeny. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602000000100010 |
| |
|
|
|
