Particle depletion above experimental bivalve beds: In situ measurements and numerical modeling of bivalve filtration in the boundary layer

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1989-1998

  Jonsson, Per R ^a   Petersen, Jens K ^b   Karlsson, Örjan ^a   Loo, Lars Ove ^a   Nilsson, Stefan ^c,d  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BIVALVE; CLEARANCE RATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE;

EID: 28044460515     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.6.1989     Document Type: Article

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