A submersible device for measuring drag forces on aquatic plants and other organisms

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-127

  Callaghan, Fraser M ^a   Cooper, Glenn G ^a   Nikora, Vladimir I ^b   Lamouroux, Nicolas ^c   Statzner, Bernhard ^d   Sagnes, Pierre ^d   Radford, John ^e   Malet, Emmanuel ^d   Biggs, Barry J F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e Zebra Tech Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boundary layer flow; Drag gauge; Experimental flume; Flow biota interactions; Plant dynamics

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; AQUATIC PLANT; BIVALVE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CRAYFISH; DRAG; MACROPHYTE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SUBMERSIBLE;

ASTACOIDEA; EGERIA DENSA;

EID: 34247523729     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330709509900     Document Type: Article

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