Water flow in tide- and wave-dominated beds of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 1999, Pages 63-72

  Koch, Evamaria W ^a   Gust, Giselher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Currents; Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Plant density; Thalassia testudinum; Tides; Turbulence; Waves

Indexed keywords

FLOW; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TURBULENCE;

HALOPHILA; POACEAE; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0033612683     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps184063     Document Type: Article

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