Velocity gradients and turbulence around macrophyte stands in streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 315-328

  Sand Jensen, Kaj ^a   Pedersen, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flow velocity; Macrophyte patches; Stream macrophytes; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FLOW AROUND OBJECT; TURBULENCE; VEGETATION; VELOCITY GRADIENT;

FLOW AROUND OBJECT; STREAMFLOW; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 0032851289     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.444495.x     Document Type: Article

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