Floc size and settling velocity within a Spartina anglica canopy

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1060-1079

  Graham, G W ^a   Manning, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annular flume; Flocculation; Saltmarsh; Sedimentation; Spartina anglica; Suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FLOCCULATION; FLOW MODELING; GRASS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WETLAND;

SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 34247392014     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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