The influence of benthic diatoms and invertebrates on the erodibility of an intertidal mudflat, the Danish Wadden Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-111

  Austen, I ^a   Andersen, T J ^b   Edelvang, K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biostabilization; Cross shore variation; Danish Wadden Sea; Erosion and deposition; Erosion threshold; Macrozoobenthos; Microphytobenthos; Mudflat

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIATOM; ERODIBILITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MUDFLAT;

WADDEN SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032783480     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0491     Document Type: Article

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