Influence of waves and horseshoe crab spawning on beach morphology and sediment grain-size characteristics on a sandy estuarine beach

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1097-1108

  Jackson, Nancy L ^a   Nordstrom, Karl F ^b   Smith, David R ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Delaware Bay; Foreshore; Gravel; Horseshoe crab; Sediment activation

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BIOTURBATION; CRAB; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPAWNING; WAVE ACTION;

DELAWARE BAY; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 33745230464     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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