How kelp produce blade shapes suited to different flow regimes: A new wrinkle

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 834-851

  Koehl, M A R ^a   Silk, W K ^b   Liang, H ^c,d   Mahadevan, L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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NEREOCYSTIS LUETKEANA;

EID: 57349173147     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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