The impact of shrimp trawling and associated sediment resuspension in mud dominated, shallow estuaries

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 519-530

  Dellapenna, Timothy M ^a,b   Allison, Mead A ^c   Gill, Gary A ^a,b   Lehman, Ronald D ^b   Warnken, Kent W ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

galveston Bay; seabed mixing; sediment resuspension; sediments; shrimp trawling; suspended sediment; trinity Bay

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUD; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRAWLING; WATER COLUMN;

GALVESTON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33748599254     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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