Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment / / Mark Denny.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Denny, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 917
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

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 examining the biological effects of ocean waves. "Nowhere on earth does water move as violently as on wave-swept coasts," writes the author, "and every breaker that comes pounding on the shore places large hydrodynamic forces on the organisms resident there." Yet wave-swept coral reefs and rocky shores are home to some of the world's most diverse assemblages of plants and animals, and scientists have chosen these environments to carry out much of the recent experimental work in community structure and population dynamics. Until now these studies have been hampered because biologists often lack a working understanding of the mechanics of the wave-swept shore. Mark Denny here supplies that understanding in clear and vivid language.Included are an introduction to wave-induced water motions and the standard theories for describing them, a broad introduction to the hydrodynamic forces these water movements place on plants and animals, and an explanation of how organisms respond to these forces. These tools are put to use in the final chapters in an examination of the mechanisms of "wave exposure" and an exploration of the mechanical determinants of size and shape in wave-swept environments.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Need for Proper Tools -- Chapter 2. The Organisms -- Chapter 3. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics -- Chapter 4. An Introduction to Water Waves -- Chapter 5. Wave Theories -- Chapter 6. The Random Sea -- Chapter 7. Breaking and Broken Waves -- Chapter 8. Tides -- Chapter 9. Benthic Boundary Layers -- Chapter 10. Turbulence and Mixing -- Chapter 11. Hydrodynamic Forces -- Chapter 12. Properties of Biological Materials -- Chapter 13. Static Beam Theory -- Chapter 14. Dynamic Beam Bending -- Chapter 15. Adhesion -- Chapter 16. Structural Wave Exposure -- Chapter 17. Mechanical Determinants of Size and Shape -- Chapter 18. Whither Hence? -- Chapter 19. Techniques of Measurement -- Appendix: List of Symbols -- Literature Cited -- Index