Ecological interaction and sediment transport on an intertidal mudflat I. Evidence for a biologically mediated sediment-water interface

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 139, Issue , 1998, Pages 135-148

  Ruddy, G ^a,b   Turley, C M ^b   Jones, T E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0032467842     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.139.01.11     Document Type: Article

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