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The Autodyn simulation code with the smooth particle hydrodynamic (SPH) method and Impetus Afea Solver with the corpuscular model are used and the results are compared with

Low soil temperatures inhibit root elon- gation and increase water viscosity, inhibiting water uptake (Bonan and Shugart 1989). Lichens and bryo- phytes, however, have no

Figure 7: Boxplot distribution showing the effect on relative saturated bulk density in growth media treated with active char (AC), biochar (BC), crushed leca (CL),

Retention ponds can provide both storm water attenuation and water quality treatment by providing additional storage capacity to retain runoff and release this at a

High riverine nutrient loads caused poor water quality, low water transparency and an unsatisfactory ecological status in the Szczecin (Oder) Lagoon, a trans-boundary water