Turbulence and stratification in Priest Pot, a productive pond in a sheltered environment

Limnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-120

  Folkard, Andrew M ^a   Sherborne, Amy J ^a   Coates, Michael J ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meteorological forcing; Ponds; Stratification; Thermal microstructure; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUOYANCY; POND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATIFICATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY; WATER COLUMN;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE DISTRICT; PRIEST POT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547957443     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-007-0207-3     Document Type: Article

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