Many countries now recognise the need for mitigation of climate change induced by human
activities and have incorporated renewable energy resources within their energy policy …

The present work discusses the problems and management options of beach wrack and
dredged sediments. Beach wrack and dredged sediments near the shores have affected the …

Plant posture can play a key role in the health of aquatic vegetation, by setting drag,
controlling light availability, and mediating the exchange of nutrients and oxygen. We study …

The paper promotes an emerging research area at the interfaces between aquatic ecology,
biomechanics and environmental fluid mechanics. This new area, Hydrodynamics of Aquatic …

Previous studies have considered vegetative drag at different scales, the blade scale, the
patch scale, and the reach scale, but few studies have considered the connection between …

Accurate wave height prediction along the shore plays an important role in coastal
protection and management. To account for the effect of submerged vegetation in wave …

Most marine macroalgae live attached to a substrate in coastal areas characterized by a
very variable environment mainly due to the tide cycle which is more or less important …

Ecological studies often focus on average effects of environmental factors, but ecological
dynamics may depend as much upon environmental extremes. Ecology would therefore …

Many species of macroalgae have flat, strap-like blades in habitats exposed to rapidly
flowing water, but have wide, ruffled “undulate” blades at protected sites. We used the giant …

Plants live in constantly moving fluid, whether air or water. In response to the loads
associated with fluid motion, plants bend and twist, often with great amplitude. These large …