JOURNAL OF YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTI ›› 2013, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (8): 108-112.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5485.2013.08.0;2013,30(08)

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Research Advances of the Interaction among Macrophytes, Water Flow and Sediment Resuspension

GUO Hui, HUANG Guo-bing   

  1. Hydraulics Department, Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan 430010, China
  • Received:2013-08-13 Revised:2013-08-13 Online:2013-08-13 Published:2013-08-13

Abstract: The complete concept of water body includes surface water, sediment, and other environmental conditions such as macrophytes. The interaction among macrophytes, water flow and sediment resuspension is an important process of water eco-environment’s coupling evolution. In the present paper, the research advances and some topics requiring further research in aspects of the influence of macrophytes on water flow, water flow on macrophytes, and macrophytes on sediment resuspension are concluded as follows ①there are rich reports on the flow characteristics influenced by artificial macrophytes, but quantitative research on the interaction among natural macrophytes, water flow and sediment resuspension is required; ②quantitative research findings on the interaction among macrophyte growth under conventional or extreme hydrological events, water flow and sediment resuspension are inadequate; ③quantitative research on the interaction among natural macrophyte communities, water flow and sediment resuspension remains to be promoted.

Key words: macrophytes, water flow, sediment resuspension, interrelationship

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