Interactions between waves, bank erosion and emergent vegetation: An experimental study in a wave tank

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 187-198

  Coops, Hugo ^a   Geilen, Noël ^a   Verheij, Henk J ^b   Boeters, René ^c   Van Der Velde, Gerard ^d  

^a INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c Rd and Hydr Engineering Division   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bank protection; Erosion; Helophytes; Phragmites; Scirpus; Waves

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RIPARIA; SCIRPUS; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE; SCIRPUS LACUSTRIS;

BANKS EMBANKMENTS; RIVERS;

BANK EROSION; WAVE TANK;

EID: 0030477485     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(96)01027-3     Document Type: Article

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