How Do Spores Select Where to Settle? A Holographic Motility Analysis of Ulva Zoospores on Different Surfaces /

• Main Author: Heydt, Matthias (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Microbial ecology.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Physical Chemistry.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microbial Ecology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

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 beh...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theory of Holography
• State of the Art
• Experimental details
• Results: Motility and exploration behavior of Ulva zoospores
• Discussion of the motility of Ulva zoospores in vicinity to surfaces
• Conclusion and Outlook
• Acknowledgement
• Appendix.