Estimation of the in-situ settling velocity of particles in lakes using a time series sediment trap

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 512-518

  Douglas, Richard W ^a   Rippey, Brian ^a   Gibson, Christopher E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Particle settling; Resuspension; Sediment traps; Sedimentation; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

LAKE; PARTICLE SETTLING; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; TIME SERIES;

EID: 0037334414     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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