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Science 20 February 2009:
Vol. 323. no. 5917, pp. 1022 - 1023
DOI: 10.1126/science.1170662
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ECOLOGY:
Peter Principle Packs a Peck of Phytoplankton

Daniel Grünbaum

Biomechanical interactions between motile cells and environmental flows may cause the rapid formation of ecologically important phytoplankton patches.

School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA. E-mail: grunbaum{at}ocean.washington.edu

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