Flow-organism interactions in running waters: Interplay between flow mechanics, biomechanics, and ecology

Environmental Hydraulics: Theoretical, Experimental and Computational Solutions - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Environmental Hydraulics, IWEH 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 11-14

  Nikora, Vladimir I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic Organisms; Boundary Layers; Mixing Layers; Transport Processes; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMECHANICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

AQUATIC ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS; FLOW-INDUCED FORCES; MIXING LAYERS; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; REACTION FORCES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 84898916783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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