Temporal changes in intertidal sediment erodability: Influence of biological and climatic factors

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 1275-1289

  Widdows, J ^a   Brown, S ^b   Brinsley, M D ^a   Salkeld, P N ^a   Elliott, M ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Humber; Intertidal; Macoma balthica; Salt marsh; Sediment erosion; UK

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ERODIBILITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 0033846167     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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