- 著者
- Akitoshi Itoh Hirotomo Hisama
- 出版者
- Society of Aero Aqua Bio-mechanisms
- 雑誌
- Journal of Aero Aqua Bio-mechanisms (ISSN:21851522)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.1, no.1, pp.93-98, 2010 (Released:2010-10-29)
- 参考文献数
- 8
- 被引用文献数
- 1 3
Daphnia magna show strong positive phototaxis to blue light. Here, we investigate the effectiveness of behavior control of D. magna by blue light irradiation for their use as bio-micromachines. D. magna immediately respond by swimming toward blue LED light sources. The behavior of individual D. magna was controlled by switching on the LED placed at 15° intervals around a shallow Petri-dish to give a target direction. The phototaxic controllability of Daphnia was much better than the galvanotactic controllability of Paramecium.