The impact of flexibility on flow, turbulence, and vertical mixing in coastal canopies

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 2777-2792

  Abdolahpour, Maryam ^a,b,c   Ghisalberti, Marco ^a,b   McMahon, Kathryn ^c   Lavery, Paul S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TURBULENCE; VEGETATION COVER; VERTICAL MIXING;

POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 85055992535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.11008     Document Type: Article

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