Trade-off between drag reduction and light interception of macrophytes: Comparing five aquatic plants with contrasting morphology

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1197-1205

  Bal, Kris D ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^b   Buis, Kerst ^a   Struyf, Eric ^a   Jonas, Schoelynck ^a   Backx, Hans ^a   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Characteristic area; Drag coefficient; Flume; Hydraulic forces; Macrophytes; Stream velocity

Indexed keywords

BENDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HYDRAULIC HEAD; LEAF AREA; LIGHT INTENSITY; MACROPHYTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TRADE-OFF;

CALLITRICHE PLATYCARPA; POTAMOGETON NATANS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS PENICILLATUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATA;

EID: 80855139570     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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