Skimming flow induced over a simulated polychaete tube lawn at low population densities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 192, Issue , 2000, Pages 219-228

  Friedrichs, Michael ^a   Graf, Gerhard ^a   Springer, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flume; Polychaete tubes; Population density; Roughness density; Sediment erosion; Sediment stability; Skimming flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; FLOW OVER SURFACE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0343851543     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps192219     Document Type: Article

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