Publications

Zhang, X. and H. Nepf. 2020. Flow-induced reconfiguration of aquatic plants, including the impact of leaf sheltering. Limnol. Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11542

Sabokrouhiyeh, N., A. Bottacin-Busolin, M. Tregnaghi, H.Nepf, A. Marion. 2020. Variation in contaminant removal efficiency in free-water surface wetlands with heterogeneous vegetation density, Ecological Eng., 43, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.105662.

Razmi, A., M. Chamecki, H. Nepf. 2020.Efficient numerical representation of the impacts of flexible plant reconfiguration on canopy posture and hydrodynamic drag, J. Hydr. Res., 58:5, 755-766, https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2019.1671511

Tang, C., J. Lei, and H. Nepf. 2019. The Impact of a Vegetation-generated Turbulence on the Critical Wave-velocity for Sediment Resuspension. Water Res. Res., 55, 5904–5917. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024335

Liu, C., Y. Shan, J. Lei, and H. Nepf. 2019. Floating treatment islands in series along a channel: The impact of island spacing on the velocity field and estimated mass removal. Adv. Water. Res., 129:222-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.05.011.  

Keylock, C., M. Ghisalberti, G. Katul, H. Nepf. 2019. A joint velocity intermittency analysis reveals similarity in the vertical structure of atmospheric and hydrospheric canopy turbulence. Environ. Fluid Mech., https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-019-09694-w

Yamasaki, T., P.Lima, D. Silva, C. de A. Preza, J. Janzen, and H. Nepf. 2019. From patch scale to channel scale: The evolution of emergent vegetation in a channel. Adv. Water.Res., 129:131-145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.05.009

Zhang, Y., and H. Nepf. 2019. Wave-Driven Sediment Resuspension within a Model Eelgrass Meadow, JGR-Earth Surface, 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004984

 Licci, S., H. Nepf, C. Delolme, P. Marmonier, T. Bouma, and S. Puijalon^, 2019, The role of patch size in ecosystem engineering capacity: a case study of aquatic vegetation. Aquatic Sciences, 81:41, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-019-0635-2

Shan, Y., C. Liu, H. Nepf. 2019. Comparison of drag and velocity in model mangrove forests with random and in-line tree distributions. J. Hydrology 568, 735–746, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.10.077

Canopy-mediated hydrodynamics contributes to greater allelic richness in seeds produced higher in meadows of the coastal eelgrass Zostera marina coastal eelgrass Zostera marina. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:8.doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00008

Lei, J., and H. Nepf. 2019. Blade dynamics in combined waves and current, J. Fluids Structures, 87, 137–149, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2019.03.020

Lei, J., and H. Nepf. 2019. Wave damping by flexible vegetation: connecting individual blade dynamics to the meadow scale. Coastal Eng., 147:138-148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.01.008

Maza, M., K. Adler, D. Ramos, A. M. Garcia, and H. Nepf. 2017. Velocity and drag evolution form the leading edge of a model mangrove forest. JGR-Oceans, 122, JGRC22562, doi: 10.1002/2017JC012945

Luhar, M., E. Infantes, and H. Nepf. 2017. Seagrass blade motion under waves and its impact on wave decay. JGR-Oceans, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JC012731

Shields, D., K. Coulton, H. Nepf. 2017. Representation of Vegetation in Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Models. J. Hydraulic. Eng. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001320

Zhang, J., Lei, J., Huai W. & H.M. Nepf (2020). Turbulence and Particle Deposition Under Steady Flow Along a Submerged Seagrass Meadow . JRC Oceans., 125(5) DOI: 10.1029/2019JC015985

Yang, Q. J., & Nepf, H. M. (2019). Impact of vegetation on bed load transport rate and bedform characteristics. Water Resources Research, 55, 6109–6124. DOI: 10.1029/2018WR024404

Cornacchia, L., S. Licci, H. Nepf, A. Folkard, D. van der Wal, J. van de Koppel, S. Puijalon, T. Bouma. 2018. Turbulence-mediated facilitation of resource uptake in patchy stream macrophytes. Limnol. Ocean., DOI: 10.1002/lno.11070.

Hu, Z., J. Lei, C. Lui, H. Nepf 2018. Wake structure and sediment deposition behind models of submerged vegetation with and without flexible leaves. Adv. Water. Res., DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.06.001.

Balderas-Guzman, C., S. Cohen, M. Xavier, T. Swingle, W. Qiu, and H. Nepf. 2018. Island topographies to reduce short-circuiting in stormwater detention ponds and treatment wetlands. Ecol. Eng.,117:182–193 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.02.020.

Zhang, Y., C. Tang, and H. Nepf. 2018. Turbulent kinetic energy in submerged model canopies under oscillatory flow. Water Res. Res., 54, DOI: 10.1002/2017WR021732.

Yang, J.Q., and H.M Nepf. 2018. A turbulence-based bed-load transport model for bare and vegetated channels. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45. DOI: 10.1029/2018GL079319.

Liu, C., Z. Hu, J. Lei, and H.Nepf. 2018. Vortex structure and sediment deposition in the wake behind a finite patch of model submerged vegetation. J. Hydr. Eng., 144(2): 04017065, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001408.

Xavier, M., J. Janzen, H. Nepf. 2018. Numerical modeling study to compare the nutrient removal potential of different floating treatment island configurations in a stormwater pond. Ecol. Eng. 111:78–84, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.11.022.

Hamed, A., Sadowski, M., Nepf, H., Chamorro, L. 2017. Impact of height heterogeneity on canopy turbulence. J. Fluid Mech, 813:1176-1196, DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2017.22.

Sabokrouhiyeh, N., A. Bottacin-Busolin, J. Savickis, H. Nepf, A. Marion. 2017. A numerical study of the effect of wetland shape and inlet-outlet configuration on wetland performance. Ecol. Eng., 105:170-179, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.04.062.

Mossa, M., M. Ben Meftah, F. De Serio, H. Nepf. 2017. How vegetation in flows modify the turbulent mixing and spreading of jets. Scientific Reports, 7, Article number: 6587, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05881-1

Follett, E. and H. Nepf. 2017. Particle retention in a submerged meadow and its variation near the leading edge. Estuaries and Coasts, DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0305-3

Maza, M., K. Adler, D. Ramos, A. M. Garcia, and H. Nepf. 2017. Velocity and drag evolution form the leading edge of a model mangrove forest. JGR-Oceans, 122, JGRC22562, DOI: 10.1002/2017JC012945.

Yuksel-Ozan, A., G.Constantinescu,and H. Nepf 2016. Free-surface gravity currents propagating in an open channel containing a porous layer at the free-surface. J. Fluid Mech. 809: 601-627 DOI:10.1017/jfm.2016.698.

Yang, J. Q., H. Chung, and H. Nepf 2016. The onset of sediment transport in vegetated channels predicted by turbulent kinetic energy. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071092.

Lei, J. and H. Nepf 2016. Impact of current speed on mass flux to a model flexible seagrass blade. JGR-Oceans, 121: 4763-4776 DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011826.

Liu, C. and H. Nepf 2016. Sediment deposition within and around a finite patch of model vegetation over a range of channel velocity. Water Res. Res. 51(1):600-612, DOI: 10.1002/2015WR018249.

Shi, Y., B. Jiang, and H. Nepf 2016. Influence of particle size and density, and channel velocity on the deposition patterns around a circular patch of model vegetation. Water Res. Res. 52: 1044–1055, DOI: 10.1002/2015WR018278.