Small-scale temporal and spatial variability in the erosion threshold and properties of cohesive intertidal sediments

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-362

  Tolhurst, T J ^a   Defew, E C ^b   De Brouwer, J F C ^c   Wolfstein, K ^c   Stal, L J ^c   Paterson, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Diatom biofilm; Erosion; Patchiness; Sediment; Spatial and temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUDFLAT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33644922325     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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