Ecosystem engineering by annual intertidal seagrass beds: Sediment accretion and modification

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 344-348

  Bos, Arthur R ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^b   de Kort, Geertje L J ^a   van Katwijk, Marieke M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coastal management; ecosystem service; eelgrass; erosion; sedimentation; transplantation; Wadden Sea; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EROSION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRAIN SIZE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TIDAL FLAT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 34250712317     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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