A methodological framework for integrating computational fluid dynamics and ecological models applied to juvenile freshwater mussel dispersal in the Upper Mississippi River

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-214

  Daraio, Joseph A ^a   Weber, Larry J ^a   Newton, Teresa J ^b   Nestler, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Dispersal; Ecohydraulics; Integrated reference frameworks; Unionid

Indexed keywords

BED SHEAR STRESSS; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; CFD MODELS; DYNAMICS MODELS; ECOHYDRAULICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; EULERIAN; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE TRACKING; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL SCALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW FIELD; TURBULENT PROCESS; UPPER MISSISSIPPI; WATERSHED SCALE;

FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATORS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; JUVENILE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MUSSEL CULTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 70549113245     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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