Predicting wave exposure in the rocky intertidal zone: Do bigger waves always lead to larger forces?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1338-1345

  Helmuth, Brian ^a,b   Denny, Mark W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKING WAVE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; ROCKY SHORE; WAVE FORCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037515677     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.3.1338     Document Type: Article

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