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Air and water : the biology and physics of life's media
Addressing general readers and biologists, Mark Denny shows how the physics of fluids (in this case, air and water) influences the often fantastic ways in which life forms adapt themselves to their…
Nearshore Biomechanics. (Book Reviews: Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment)
This text introduces and draws together pertinent aspects of fluid dynamics, physical oceanography, solid mechanics, and organismal biology to provide a much-needed set of tools for quantitatively…
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Pulsed delivery of subthermocline water to Conch Reef (Florida Keys) by internal tidal bores
Internal tidal bores generated by breaking internal waves cause dramatic, high-frequency variation in temperature, salinity, water velocities, and concentration of chlorophyll a on Conch Reef,…
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Consequences of Surf-Zone Turbulence for Settlement and External Fertilization
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The models presented here predict that surf-zone turbulence can have important consequences for wave-swept organisms and hope that they will stimulate discussion of and research into the many important biological consequences of nearshore turbulence.
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Predicting Physical Disturbance: Mechanistic Approaches to the Study of Survivorship on Wave‐Swept Shores
  • M. Denny
  • Environmental Science
  • 1 February 1995
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A quantitative measure of wave exposure is presented, a mechanistic link between local wave climate and species-specific survivorship that can be used as a tool for exploring the relationship between environmental severity and community ecology.
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Mechanical Consequences of Size in Wave‐Swept Algae
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Preliminary calculations show that these accelerational forces combine with drag to act as a size-dependent agent of mortality, constraining the size of these algae, suggesting that mechanical factors may be important in limiting thesize of intertidal macroalgae and that attention solely to biological constraints may be inappropriate.
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THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SPIDER'S SILK AND THEIR ROLE IN THE DESIGN OF ORB-WEBS
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The physical properties of the viscid and frame silks allow them to function effectively as shock absorbers and structural elements, respectively; and allow the orb-web to function as an aerial filter with a minimum expenditure of material and energy.
Spreading the risk: Small-scale body temperature variation among intertidal organisms and its implications for species persistence
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Quantifying «wave exposure»: a simple device for recording maximum velocity and results of its use at several field sites
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Lift as a mechanism of patch initiation in mussel beds
  • M. Denny
  • Environmental Science
  • 15 December 1987
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