Flow-seaweed interactions of Saccharina latissima at a blade scale : turbulence, drag force, and blade dynamics

Acknowledgements The work described in this publication was undertaken during the Ph.D. study of Davide Vettori at the University of Aberdeen funded by a scholarship from the Northern Research Partnership, Scotland. The authors gratefully acknowledge: Peter Davies and Paul Mitchell for their support and guidance; David Attwood for his assistance during seaweed collection; Hamish Biggs for his assistance during seaweed collection and transport to the University of Aberdeen, and in setting up LED used to synchronise instruments; and Roy Gillanders and Benjamin Stratton for meticulous technical support. Many insightful comments provided by the Associate Editor Professor J. D. Ackerman and anonymous reviewer helped to improve the quality of the fnal manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD