Laboratory experiments of fine-scale mixing and mass transport within a coral canopy

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Reidenbach, Matthew A ^a,b   Koseff, Jeffrey R ^a   Monismith, Stephen G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; MASS TRANSFER; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENT FLOW;

CORAL CANOPY; WAVE-CURRENT FLUME;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUORESCENCE; MASS TRANSFER; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34547821347     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2752189     Document Type: Article

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