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Spatial heterogeneity of wind forcing: application to artificial reef functioning influenced by the circulation in the Bay of Marseilles, France.

Bertrand Millet

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In the frame of the largest French project of artificial production reefs, initiated by the city of Marseilles in 2001, the present study aimed at describing the hydrodynamic pattern of the coastal area considered, by the use of a 3D numerical modelling. Results were local wind statistics, bottom current fields and drifting particle maps. The knowledge of the hydrodynamic connexions between particle (such as larvae) sources or targeted areas linked to the reefs, allows us to explain the success or failure of the reefs' colonizing. Moreover, the study confirms the wind spatial variability and demonstrates the error resulting from the use of an average but locally absent wind direction.
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hal-00703097 , version 1 (31-05-2012)

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Marie-Aude Pradal, Bertrand Millet. Spatial heterogeneity of wind forcing: application to artificial reef functioning influenced by the circulation in the Bay of Marseilles, France.. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2006, 329, pp.541-550. ⟨hal-00703097⟩
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