Patterns of sediment reworking and transport over small spatial scales on an intertidal sandflat, Manukau Harbour, New Zealand

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 33-50

  Grant, Jon ^a   Turner, Stephanie J ^b   Legendre, Pierre ^c   Hume, Terry M ^b   Bell, Robert G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed shear stress; Faunal colonization; Sandflat; Sediment reworking and transport; Spatial pattern; Trend surface analysis

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SANDFLAT; SEDIMENT REWORKING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL PATTERN; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TIDAL FLAT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; FAUNA; NEW ZEALAND; SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, MANUKAU HARBOUR;

EID: 0030883067     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00089-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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