Effects of seagrass on nearshore current and wave dynamics

Coastal Engineering 2000 - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2000

Volumn 276, Issue , 2000, Pages 878-890

  Wallace, Stephanie ^a   Cox, Ron ^b  

^a NSW Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY HEIGHTS; FLOWING FLUID; INFLECTION POINTS; LENGTH SCALE; NEARSHORE CURRENTS; OXYGEN EXCHANGE; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; POLLEN DISPERSAL; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEAGRASSES; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; VELOCITY PROFILES; WATER FLOWS; WATER INTERFACE; WATER VELOCITIES; WAVE DYNAMICS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FLUID DYNAMICS; OXYGEN;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 70349387915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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