Hydrodynamic modeling of juvenile mussel dispersal in a large river: The potential effects of bed shear stress and other parameters

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 838-851

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; ecohydraulics; hydroecology; mussel dispersal; shear stress; thresholds

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BOTTOM STRESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; ECOHYDROLOGY; FISH; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FROUDE NUMBER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; POISSON RATIO; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RESUSPENSION; RIVER SYSTEM; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SETTLING VELOCITY; SHEAR STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THRESHOLD; WATER DEPTH;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 77954877513     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-118.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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