Pressurised ventilation in emergent macrophytes: The mechanism and mathematical modelling of humidity-induced convection

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 121-135

  Armstrong, W ^a   Armstrong, J ^a   Beckett, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeration; Diffusion; Gas transport; Methane; Oxygen; Pressure flow

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0030199081     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(96)01040-6     Document Type: Article

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