Short communication: Engineering properties of wetland plants with application to wave attenuation

abstract

• This technical note presents empirically-derived values for biophysical attributes of several commonly occurring wetland plant species, including plant stem diameter and tapering, plant clump and stem spacing statistics, biomass, Young's modulus of elasticity, and bending strength. These parameters can be used to more realistically configure plant canopies in numerical and laboratory studies to further our understanding of wave attenuation by wetlands. 2010 Elsevier B.V.

authors

• Feagin, Russell

published proceedings

• COASTAL ENGINEERING

author list (cited authors)

• Feagin, R. A., Irish, J. L., Moeller, I., Williams, A. M., Colon-Rivera, R. J., & Mousavi, M. E.

complete list of authors

• Feagin, RA||Irish, JL||Moeller, I||Williams, AM||Colon-Rivera, RJ||Mousavi, ME

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Coastal Engineering  Journal

keywords

• Flume
• Plant Characteristics
• Salt Marsh
• Wave Attenuation
• Wetland Vegetation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.10.003

start page

• 251

end page

• 255

volume

• 58

issue

• 3