Characterisation of physical environmental factors on an intertidal sandflat, Manukau Harbour, New Zealand

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-31

  Bell, Robert G ^a   Hume, Terry M ^a   Dolphin, Tony J ^b   Green, Malcolm O ^a   Walters, Roy A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Sandflat; Sediment transport; Sediments; Tidal currents; Waves

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0030928097     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00088-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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