A field method for measuring “exposure” by means of plaster balls
- 9 September 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Sarsia
- Vol. 34 (1) , 61-68
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1968.10413371
Abstract
Ecologists often lack a method of measuring turbulent water motion (“exposure”). Using the loss of weight of fixed plaster of Paris balls as a quantitative expression of the water motion, an attempt to map the “exposure” of a lentic locality is presented. The balls were calibrated in a flow canal at different velocities and temperatures.Keywords
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