The relative contributions of physical and microbiological factors to cohesive sediment stability

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1143-1152

  Lundkvist, M ^a   Grue, M ^a   Friend, P L ^b   Flindt, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Consolidation; Erosion rates; Erosion thresholds; Microphytobenthos; Odense Fjord; Surface sediment biostabilisation

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; CONSOLIDATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DIATOM; EROSION RATE; FJORD; LIGHT EFFECT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FYN; NORTHERN EUROPE; ODENSE FJORD; SCANDINAVIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GYROSIGMA; NITSCHIA; PENNALES;

EID: 34247385185     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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