Making water flow: A comparison of the hydrodynamic characteristics of 12 different benthic biological flumes

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-438

  Jonsson, Per R ^a   Van Duren, Luca A ^b   Amielh, Muriel ^c   Asmus, Ragnhild ^d   Aspden, Rebecca J ^e   Daunys, Darius ^f   Friedrichs, Michael ^g   Friend, Patrick L ^h   Olivier, Frédéric ⁱ   Pope, Nick ^j   Precht, Elimar ^k   Sauriau, Pierre Guy ^l   Schaaff, Estelle ^m  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Station Marine de Dinard   (France)

^j PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l IFREMER   (France)

^m STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

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Author keywords

Benthic boundary layer; Biological physical interaction; Flume tanks; Hydrodynamics; Methods

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESEARCH WORK; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33847280528     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-006-9049-z     Document Type: Article

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