Boundary-layers around bladed aquatic macrophytes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 346, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 119-128

  Stevens, Craig L ^a,b,d   Kurd, Catriona L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Diffusion; Kelp; Macrophyte; Nutrient uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030880212     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002914015683     Document Type: Article

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