Animal Plume-Tracing Behavior in Wave Influenced Flow Domains

Abstract

We elucidated search algorithms used by benthic marine animals (mantis shrimp) when finding an odorant source in wave-influenced coastal flow versus in unidirectional flow. We did so by quantifying animal behavior when finding odorant sources in waves versus unidirectional flow in a flume while simultaneously using planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLF) to quantify the instantaneous concentration structure of the odor plume around the olfactory when the animals execute specific behaviors. The search rules we discovered (relating behaviors to the instantaneous plume environment near sensors) can be implemented in artificial systems operating in coastal environments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 26, 2002
Accession Number
ADA405371

Entities

People

  • M. A. Koehl

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Animal Behavior
  • Animal Structures
  • Animals
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Biology
  • Boundary Layer
  • Environment
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluorescence
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Lepidoptera
  • Oceanography
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Unidirectional
  • Universities

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy