An assessment of the potential impact of dredging activity on the Tamar Estuary over the last century: Bathymetric and hydrodynamic changes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 588, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-95

  Bale, A J ^a   Uncles, R J ^a   Villena Lincoln, A ^a,b   Widdows, J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Endeavour House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Dredging impact; Estuary; Hydrodynamics; Morphology; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DREDGING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVER CONTROL; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

DEEP CHANNELS; DREDGING IMPACT; LARGE-SCALE HYDRODYNAMICS;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BATHYMETRY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TAMAR ESTUARY [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 34547589193     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0654-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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