Effects of infaunal bivalve density and flow speed on clearance rates and near-bed hydrodynamics

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Jones, Hannah F E ^a   Pilditch, Conrad A ^a   Bryan, Karin R ^a   Hamilton, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Annular flume; Austrovenus stutchburyi; Bed shear stress; Benthic boundary layer; Population filtration rate; Suspension feeding bivalve

Indexed keywords

BED ROUGHNESS; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLEARANCE RATE; FEEDING; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROALGA; POPULATION DENSITY; RESUSPENSION; SHEAR STRESS; WAVE DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; AUSTROVENUS; AUSTROVENUS STUCHBURII; BIVALVIA; CREEDIIDAE;

EID: 79955151618     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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