Seasonal variation of floc characteristics on tidal flats, the Scheldt estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 540, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 181-195

  Chen, Margaret S ^a   Wartel, Stanislas ^a   Temmerman, Stijn ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deposition; Flocculation; Scheldt; Structure; Suspended matter; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVES;

BRACKISH WATERS; FLOC SPHERICITY; FRESH WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED MATTER; TIDAL FLATS;

ESTUARIES;

FLOCCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL FLAT;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

EID: 21144438397     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-7143-6     Document Type: Review

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