Sedimentation, suspension, and resuspension in Tasman Bay and Beatrix Bay, New Zealand, two contrasting coastal environments which thermally stratify in summer

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 951-970

  Gibbs, Max M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Pelorus Sound; Resuspension; Sedimentation; Stratification; Tasman Bay; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COASTAL ZONE; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY;

BEATRIX BAY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN BAY;

LUSTROCHERNES; PECTEN; PECTEN NOVAEZELANDIAE; PERNA; PERNA CANALICULUS;

EID: 0035718546     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9517056     Document Type: Article

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