Spatial patterns, rates and mechanisms of saltmarsh cycles (Westerschelde, The Netherlands)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 357-368

  Van der Wal, Daphne ^a   Wielemaker Van den Dool, Annette ^a   Herman, Peter M J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aerial photographs; energy dissipation; feedback mechanisms; GIS; mudflats; saltmarshes; Spartina anglica; The Netherlands; Westerschelde

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MUDFLAT; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 36749042201     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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