Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, U.K.

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BIOCONVECTION, PLANKTON, BACTERIAL SWARMING, CHEMICAL SYSTEMS, BIOCONTROL, PHYSIOLOGY

Dr. Martin A. Bees

M. A. Bees. My C.V.





rotating flow due to bacteria at interface


BACTERIAL FLUID DYNAMICS (theory & experiments)

  1. M. A. Bees, P. Andresén, E. Mosekilde and M. Giskov. The interaction of thin-film flow, bacterial swarming and cell differentiation in colonies of Serratia liquefaciens. Journal of Mathematical Biology 40(1):27-63, 2000.

  2. M. A. Bees, P. Andresén, E. Mosekilde and M. Givskov. Quantitative effects of medium hardness and nutrient availability on the swarming motility of Serratia liquefaciens. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 64(3):565-587, 2002.

  3. Luis H. Cisneros, Ricardo Ortiz, Ricardo Cortez, John O. Kessler and Martin A. Bees, Unexpected bipolar flagellar arrangements and long-range flows driven by bacteria near solid boundaries. Physical Review Letters 101(16):168102-1, 2008.

  4. Vincent A. Martinez, Rut Besseling, Ottavio A. Croze, Julien Tailleur, Mathias Reufer, Jana Schwarz-Linek, Laurence G. Wilson, Martin A. Bees and Wilson C. K. Poon, Differential Dynamic Microscopy: a High-Throughput Method for Characterizing the Motility of Microorganisms. Biophysical Journal (submitted) 2012.

T. B. Rasmussen, T. T. Nielsen, L. Eberl, M. A. Bees, S. Molin and M. Givskov. Surface conditioning in a swarming colony: cells have different assignments. In prep. 2008.

M. A. Bees. Similarity solutions for a lubrication model of bacterial swarming. In prep. 2008.




bioconvection


BIOCONVECTION (theory & experiments)

  1. M. A. Bees. Non-linear pattern generation by swimming micro-organisms. PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 1996.

  2. M. A. Bees and N. A. Hill. Wavelengths of bioconvection patterns. Journal of Experimental Biology, 200(10):1515-1526, 1997.

  3. M. A. Bees, N. A. Hill and T. J. Pedley. Analytical approximations for the orientation distribution of small dipolar particles in steady shear flows. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 36:269-298, 1998.

  4. M. A. Bees and N. A. Hill. Linear bioconvection in a suspension of randomly swimming, gyrotactic micro-organisms. Physics of Fluids, 10(8):1864-1881 (August) 1998.

  5. M. A. Bees and N. A. Hill. Non-linear bioconvection in a deep suspension of gyrotactic swimming micro-organisms. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 38(2):135-168, 1999.

  6. N. A. Hill and M. A. Bees. Taylor dispersion of gyrotactic swimming micro-organisms in a linear flow. Physics of Fluids, 14(8):2598-2605, 2002.

  7. N. A. Hill and M. A. Bees. Physics of Fluids article also available in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 3(12), 2002.

  8. M. A. Bees and O. A. Croze. Dispersion of biased swimming microorganisms in a fluid flowing through a tube. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, doi:10.1098/rspa.2009.0606, 2010.

  9. O. A. Croze, E. E. Ashraf and M. A. Bees. Sheared bioconvection in a horizontal tube. Physical Biology, 7(4), doi:10.1088/1478-3975/7/4/046001, 2010.

  10. C. R. Williams and M. A. Bees. Photo-gyrotactic bioconvection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, doi:10.1017/jfm.2011.100, 1-46, 2011.

  11. C. R. Williams and M. A. Bees. A tale of three taxes: photo-gyro-gravitactic bioconvection. Journal of Experimental Biology 214:2398-2408, 2011.

    Link to Inside JEB article: Journal of Experimental Biology, June 2011, Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.

    Link to Nature Research Highlights article: Nature, 474:544, 30th June 2011.

  12. S. O. Malley and M. A. Bees. The orientation of swimming bi-flagellates in shear flows. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology doi:10.1007/s11538-011-9673-1, 2011.





plankton


PLANKTON DYNAMICS & PATCHINESS

  1. M. A. Bees, I. Mezic and J. McGlade. Planktonic interactions and chaotic advection in Langmuir circulation. IMACS Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 44(6):527-544, 1998.

  2. M. A. Bees. Planktonic communities and chaotic advection in dynamic models of Langmuir circulation. Applied Scientific Research, 59:141-158, 1998.

  3. A. M. Edwards and M. A. Bees. Generic dynamics of a simple plankton model with a non-integer exponent of closure. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (special refereed edition on Chaos in Ecology), 12(2):289-300, 2001. 

  4. R. Reigada, R. Hillary, M. A. Bees, J. M. Sancho and F. Sagués. Plankton blooms induced by turbulent flows.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 270:875-880, 2003.

  5. F. Sagués, R. Reigada, J. M. Sancho, R. M. Hillary, and M. A. Bees.  Synthesizing Hydrodynamic Turbulence from Noise: Formalism and Applications to Plankton Dynamics.  In Unsolved problems of Noise and Fluctuations; Bezrukov, S. M. (edt.)  AIP Proc. 665, 531 (2003)

  6. R. M. Hillary and M. A. Bees. Plankton lattices and the role of chaos in plankton patchiness. Physical Review E 69:031913, 2004.

  7. R. M. Hillary and M. A. Bees. PRE article also available in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 7(7), 2004.

  8. R. M. Hillary and M. A. Bees. Synchrony and chaos in patchy ecosystems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 66(6):1909-1931, 2004. 

  9. E. J. Guirey, M. A. Bees, A. P. Martin, M. A. Srokosz and M. J. R. Fasham. Emergent features due to grid-cell biology: synchronisation in biophysical models. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology DOI:10.1007/s11538-006-9180-y, 2007. 

  10. E. J. Guirey, A. P. Martin, M. A. Srokosz and M. A. Bees,. Cluster synchronisation: a mechanism for plankton patchiness and a simulation pitfall. Ocean Modelling 29(4):223-233. 2009. 

  11. E. J. Guirey, M. A. Bees,, A. P. Martin and M. A. Srokosz. Persistence of cluster synchronisation under the influence of advection. Physical Review E 81(5) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.051902, 2010. 

M. A. Bees and A. M. Edwards. Bioconvection driven by planktonic light absorption in oceans and lakes. In prep., 2008.

E. J. Guirey, A. P. Martin, M. A. Srokosz and M. A. Bees. The Prairie Ocean. In prep., 2007. 





chemoconvection pattern


CHEMICAL SYSTEMS & CHEMOCONVECTION (theory & experiments)

  1. A. J. Pons, P. G. Sørensen, M. A. Bees and F. Sagués. Pattern formation in the Methylene-Blue Glucose system. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 104B:2251-2259, 2000.

  2. M. A. Bees, A. J. Pons, P. G. Sørensen and F. Sagués. "Chemoconvection": a chemically driven hydrodynamic instability. Journal of Chemical Physics 114(4):1-12, 2001.

  3. A. J. Pons, F. Sagués, M. A. Bees and P. G. Sørensen. Quantitative analysis of chemoconvection patterns in the Methylene-Blue-Glucose system.  Journal of Physical Chemistry, 106B:7252-7259, 2002.

  4. A. J. Pons, F. Sagués and M. A. Bees. Chemoconvection patterns in the methylene-blue-glucose system: weakly non-linear analysis. Physical Review E 70:066304, 2004.

  5. A. J. Pons, O. Batiste and M. A. Bees. Nonlinear chemoconvection in the Methylene-Blue--Glucose system: 2D shallow layers. Physical Review E 78:016316, 2008.




slug modelling


ECOLOGY & BIOCONTROL

  1. M. A. Bees. A mathematical model of speciation. In Bio-physical Models of Oceanic Population Dynamics; 1994 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Rept., WHOI-97-18 (1997). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, U.S.A.

  2. D. Schley and M. A. Bees. A discrete slug population model determined by egg production. Journal of Biological Systems 10(3):243-264, 2002.

  3. D. Schley and M. A. Bees. Delay dynamics of the slug Deroceras reticulatum, an agricultural pest. Ecological Modelling 162:177-198, 2003.

  4. Media articles (2000/2001) on “Mathematical modelling of beetle-nematode slug-biocontrol”: approx. 15 articles in a wide range of newspapers, magazines, brochures, websites (such as EPSRC), radio and TV, with which I had either some input or ultimate editorial control. For example, see Daily Mail Apr 17th, 2000, pg. 35; Organic Living, Harrogate, Yorks, Jun 2001; EPSRC “Mathematics Underpinning the Life Sciences” programme advertisement, 2001.

  5. D. Schley and M. A. Bees.  The role of time delays in a non-autonomous host-parasitoid model of slug biocontrol with nematodes.  Ecological Modelling 193:543-559, 2006.

  6. M. A. Bees, O. Angulo, J. C. Lopez-Marcos and D. Schley. Dynamics of a structured slug population model in the absence of seasonal variation. Mathematical Models & Methods in Applied Sciences 12(16):1961-1985, 2006.

  7. M. A. Bees, P. H. Coullet and E. A. Spiegel. On the bifurcation of species. CHAOS 18,043114:1-12, 2008.

  8. M. A. Bees, P. H. Coullet and E. A. Spiegel. CHAOS article also available in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 16(10), 2008.

  9. O. Angulo, J. C. Lopez-Marcos and M. A. Bees. Mass structured systems with boundary delay: oscillations and the effect of selective predation. Mathematical Models & Methods in Applied Sciences (submitted) 2010.

D. Schley and M. A. Bees. The self-restrained slug. In prep., 2006.




photopic hill

PHYSIOLOGY (theory & experiments)

  1. R. Hamilton, M. A. Bees, C. A. Chaplin and D. L. McCulloch.  The luminance-response function of the human photopic electroretinogram: a mathematical model.  Vision Research 47:2968-2972, 2007.  
     


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