A model of sediment transport under the influence of surface bioturbation: Generalisation to the facultative suspension-feeder Scrobicularia plana

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 286, Issue , 2005, Pages 43-56

  Orvain, Francis ^a,b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Functional groups; Intertidal mudflat; Model; Resuspension; Scrobicularia plana; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; COMPACTION; ERODIBILITY; FILTER FEEDER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BIVALVIA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 14644410470     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps286043     Document Type: Article

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