Wave velocity thresholds for fine sediment accumulation in lakes, and their effect on zoobenthic biomass and composition

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 449-465

  Rasmussen, J B ^a   Rowan, D J ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Depositional boundary depth; Morphometry; Profundal; Sediment deposition; Seston; Thermal stratification; Threshold velocity; Water velocity; Wave energy; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL REGIME; SEDIMENTATION; WAVE VELOCITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

EID: 0030967861     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468137     Document Type: Article

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