The role of waves in the colonisation of terrestrial sediments deposited in the marine environment

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-47

  Hewitt, J E ^a   Cummings, V J ^a   Ellis, J I ^a   Funnell, G ^a   Norkko, A ^a   Talley, T S ^b   Thrush, S F ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedload transport; Bioturbation; Macrobenthic recovery dynamics; Sedimentation; Terrestrial impacts; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WAVE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038404771     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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