Math Biology Seminar: Thomas Hillen
Topic
Navigating the Flow: The homing of sea turtles.
Speakers
Details
The green sea turtle Chelonia midas travels for thousands of miles from the coast of Brazil to a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, Ascension Island. There the turtles lay their eggs into the warm sand on the beach. It is a classic scientific challenge to understand the navigational skills of the turtles and several orienteering mechanisms are discussed, such as geomagnetic information, chemotaxis, Atlantic flow patterns etc.
In this talk I will present a mathematical model for the homing of sea turtles and discuss how it can be used to identify the navigational mechanisms of sea turtles.
(joint work with K.J. Painter).
Additional Information
Location: ESB 4133
Thomas Hillen, University of Alberta
Thomas Hillen, University of Alberta
This is a Past Event
Event Type
Scientific, Seminar
Date
November 20, 2019
Time
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Location