How Do Spores Select Where to Settle?

Matthias Heydt

ISBN 10: 3642172164 / ISBN 13: 9783642172168

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Feb 2011, 2011

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Neuware -In this thesis, Matthias Heydt applies digital in-line holography to achieve for the first time a complete three dimensional and real time motion analysis of Ulva zoospores, both in solution and in the vicinity of different surfaces. These results provide previously unknown information about the behavior and mechanism spores use to select a suitable site for settlement. This work gives deeper insight into biofouling algae and stimulates new design strategies for antifouling coatings. Furthermore, the tracking system developed during this research could be used as a new system for assessing the antifouling performance on different surfaces at very early points in time, allowing disentanglement of surface conditioning and interaction of spores with pristine chemistries.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 196 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Do Spores Select Where to Settle?
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Feb 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642172164
• ISBN 13: 9783642172168
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 16D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 501 grams

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In this thesis, Matthias Heydt applies digital in-line holography to achieve for the first time a complete three dimensional and real time motion analysis of Ulva zoospores, both in solution and in the vicinity of different surfaces. These results provide previously unknown information about the behavior and mechanism spores use to select a suitable site for settlement. This work gives deeper insight into biofouling algae and stimulates new design strategies for antifouling coatings. Furthermore, the tracking system developed during this research could be used as a new system for assessing the antifouling performance on different surfaces at very early points in time, allowing disentanglement of surface conditioning and interaction of spores with pristine chemistries.