The encounter speed of moving predator and prey
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Plankton Research
- Vol. 11 (2) , 415-417
- https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/11.2.415
Abstract
A Gaussian model for the distribution of swimming velocities of planktonic organisms predicts that if predator and prey have modal speeds v and u respectively, then their modal relative speed is simply √( u2 + v2 ). This is more convenient, and no less realistic, than more complicated formulas.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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