Laboratory observations of hydrodynamic forces and posture dynamics of Durvillaea sp. seaweed models varying in stiffness and buoyancy.

Teresa Thorwarth1, Ryan Lowe2, Marco Ghisalberti3, Arnold van Rooijen4, Jianjun Huang5, Jana Orszaghova1, Marisol Irías Mata1, Louise Kregting6, Catriona Hurd7 and Prof Ryan Lowe, (1)The University of Western Australia, School of Earth and Oceans, Perth, Australia, (2)The University of Western Australia, School of Earth and Oceans, and UWA Oceans Institute, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, (3)The University of Western Australia, School of Engineering, and UWA Oceans Institute, Perth, Australia, (4)The University of Western Australia, School of Earth and Oceans, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, (5)The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, (6)Plant and Food Research New Zealand, Nelson, New Zealand, (7)University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Australia