Dynamics of biogenic Si in freshwater tidal marshes: Si regeneration and retention in marsh sediments (Scheldt estuary)

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-53

  Struyf, Eric ^a   Temmerman, Stijn ^a,b   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica dynamics; Freshwater tidal marshes; Numerical modelling; Scheldt estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; MARSH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILICA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 34250864307     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9051-5     Document Type: Article

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