Bioengineering Hyperbook

Department of Bioengineering


Category: Krill and Pistol Shrimps

The Chemistry of Pistol Shrimp and Antarctic Krill 

Exoskeleton, Chitin, Astaxanthin, Acetylcholine, Polyunsaturated fatty acids, Bioluminescence

Alaia Krishnan Claveras, Celina Moukarzel, Chloe Chan Lam, Julia Purdue, Lina Benchekor

The Physics of Pistol Shrimp and Antarctic Krill 

Pistol Shrimp, Jet propulsion, Energy efficiency, Shockwaves, Antarctic Krill, Pressure Gradient, Cavitation, Hydrodynamic Signaling, Metachronal Stroking, Filtering system

Alaia Krishnan Claveras, Celina Moukarzel, Chloe Chan Lam, Julia Purdue, Lina Benchekor

The Mathematics of Antarctic Krill 

Optimization, chaos theory, krill herd algorithm, Lotka-Volterra, Leslie-Gower

Alaia Krishnan Claveras, Celina Moukarzel, Chloe Chan Lam, Julia Purdue, Lina Benchekor