Biomechanical properties of aquatic plants and their effects on plant-flow interactions in streams and rivers

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-44

  Miler, Oliver ^a   Albayrak, Ismail ^a   Nikora, Vladimir ^a   O'Hare, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Drag; Flexibility; Flow; Macrophyte; Reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMECHANICS; FLOW VELOCITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; MACROPHYTE; RIVER; STREAM; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER FLOW;

FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; GLYCERIA FLUITANS; MYRIOPHYLLUM ALTERNIFLORUM; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS PENICILLATUS;

EID: 84855335449     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0188-5     Document Type: Article

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