Modeling large-scale cohesive sediment transport affected by small-scale biological activity

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 468-480

  Borsje, Bas W ^a,b   de Vries, Mindert B ^a,b,c   Hulscher, Suzanne J M H ^a   de Boer, G J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cohesive sediment transport; Delft3D; destabilizing grazers; Dutch Wadden Sea; numerical modeling; stabilizing microphytobenthos

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOBENTHOS; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 43649101927     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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