Capillary trapping of buoyant particles within regions of emergent vegetation
The seeds of many aquatic plants are buoyant and thus transported at the water surface, where they are subject to surface tension that may enhance their retention within emergent vegetation. Specifically, seeds may be trapped by surface tension (i.e., by the Cheerios effect) at the surface-piercing...
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American Geophysical Union (AGU),
2012-08-31T18:14:12Z.
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