Wave-induced hydraulic forces on submerged aquatic plants in shallow lakes

Annals of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-341

  Schutten, J ^a,b   Dainty, J ^a   Davy, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ceratophyllum demersum; Chara intermedia; Elodea canadensis; Hydraulic force; Myriophyllum spicatum; Orbital velocity; Potamogeton natans; Potamogeton obtusifolius; Shallow lake restoration; Submerged macrophyte; Wave flume; Wave theory

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; SHALLOW WATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WAVE FORCE;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CHARA; CHARA INTERMEDIA; ELODEA CANADENSIS; ELODEA SP.; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; POTAMOGETON NATANS; POTAMOGETON OBTUSIFOLIUS;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMMERSION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER FLOW;

FRESH WATER; IMMERSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 2542498762     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch043     Document Type: Article

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