Hydrodynamics and biomechanics of the submerged water moss Fontinalis antipyretica - A comparison of specimens from habitats with different flow velocities

Botanica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-50

  Biehle, G ^a   Speck, T ^a   Spatz, H Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fontinalis antipyretica; Hydrodynamics; Plants; Plasticity; Tensile strength; Viscoelasticity; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA;

EID: 0031932068     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00675.x     Document Type: Article

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