Large-scale trends in some mass physical properties of Danish Wadden Sea sediments, and implications for organism-sediment interactions

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-69

  Delafontaine, Monique T ^b   Flemming, Burg W ^a   Thimm, Mirco ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bulk density; Danish Wadden Sea; Mass physical properties; Mud concentration; Organism sediment interactions; POC; Surficial sediments; Tidal flats; Water content

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL FLAT; WATER CONTENT;

BENELUX; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WADDEN ZEE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4444315310     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2004.10649504     Document Type: Article

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