Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation Experience of the Ecohydraulic Research Team (PISCES) of the HYDRALAB Network

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Main Authors Frostick, L. E, Thomas, R. E, Johnson, M. F, Rice, S. P, McLelland, S. J
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Milton CRC Press 2014
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesIAHR design manual
Subjects
Ecohydrology
Mathematical models
Mytilus Edulis
Μm Particle Size Fraction
Thalassinidean Shrimp
Sediment Biofilms
Hydraulic Facilities
Pacifastacus Leniusculus
EPS Matrix
Local Flow Conditions
ADV
Estimate Bed Shear Stress
Sea Grass
Cerastoderma Edule
Austrovenus Stutchburyi
Zostera Noltii
Sessile Animals
Total Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Pe Rc
EPS Molecule
Freshwater Aquatic Systems
Shoot Density
Flexible Vegetation
ADV Measurement
Polychaete Worms
Wave Energy
Unidirectional Flow
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of symbols and abbreviations -- Periodic table of the elements -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- SECTION 1: Methods, materials and measurement -- 2. Maintaining the health and behavioural integrity of plants and animals in experimental facilities -- 3. Using surrogates, including scaling issues, in laboratory flumes and basins -- 4. Flow measurement around organisms and surrogates -- SECTION 2: Organism specific considerations -- 5. Biofilms -- 6. Plants, hydraulics and sediment dynamics -- 7. Macrozoobenthos, hydraulics and sediment dynamics -- 8. Conclusion: Decision-making framework -- References -- Back Cover