Influence of an infaunal bivalve on the erosion of an intertidal cohesive sediment: A flume and modeling study

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1332-1343

  Willows, Robert I ^a   Widdows, J ^a   Wood, R G ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0031792429     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.6.1332     Document Type: Article

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