Grid-generated turbulence in a mesocosm experiment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 484, Issue , 2002, Pages 61-73

  Nerheim, Signild ^a   Stiansen, Jan Erik ^b   Svendsen, Harald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation rate; Entrainment; Mesocosm; Mixing; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; TROPICS; TURBULENCE;

MESOCOM; OSCILLATING GRIDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037107255     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021348803803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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