The tidal flushing of multiple-loop animal burrows

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-144

  Heron, S F ^a,b   Ridd, P V ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

burrows; computer simulation; flushing time

Indexed keywords

BURROW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FLUSHING; MANGROVE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SALT; SURFACE WATER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41949084779     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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