Failure by fatigue in the field: A model of fatigue breakage for the macroalga Mazzaella, with validation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1571-1585

  Mach, Katharine J ^a   Tepler, Sarah K ^a   Staaf, Anton V ^a   Bohnhoff, James C ^a   Denny, Mark W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Breakage; Ecomechanics; Fatigue; Macroalgae; Mazzaella; Wave forces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEAWEED; WATER FLOW;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEAWEED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

MAZZAELLA; MAZZAELLA FLACCIDA;

EID: 79954997156     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.051623     Document Type: Article

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