Bedload and nearbed detritus transport in a tidal saltmarsh creek

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Hemminga, M A ^a   Cattrijsse, A ^b   Wielemaker, A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bedload transport; carbon budget; detritus transport; salt marsh; Westerschelde estuary

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; BEDLOAD/NEARBED TRANSPORT; CARBON BUDGET; DETRITAL PARTICLE; DETRITUS; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CREEK;

NETHERLANDS, WESTERSCHELDE ESTUARY;

EID: 0029729851     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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