Wind Wave Behavior in Fetch and Depth Limited Estuaries.

ABSTRACT: Wetland dominated estuaries serve as one of the most productive natural ecosystems through their ecological, economic and cultural services, such as nursery grounds for fisheries, nutrient sequestration, and ecotourism. The ongoing deterioration of wetland ecosystems in many shallow estuaries raises concerns about the contributing erosive processes and their roles in restraining coastal restoration efforts. Given the combination of wetlands and shallow bays as landscape components that determine the function of estuaries, successful restoration strategies require knowledge of wind wave behavior in fetch and depth limited water as a critical design feature. We experimentally evaluate physics of wind wave growth in fetch and depth limited estuaries. We demonstrate that wave growth rate in sh

SUBMITTER: Karimpour A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5241670 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature