Sediment remobilisation from decomposing cordgrass (Spartina anglica) patches on a wave-exposed intertidal flat

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1305-1319

  Swales, Andrew ^a   Ovenden, Ron ^a   MacDonald, Iain T ^a   Lohrer, Andrew M ^a   Burt, Karen L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biomass decomposition; Herbicide; New Zealand; Sediment remobilisation; Spartina; Waves

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HABITAT LOSS; HERBICIDE; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT; TIDAL FLAT;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; MANUKAU HARBOUR; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 30744470885     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517395     Document Type: Article

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