Impact of natural (waves and currents) and anthropogenic (trawl) resuspension on the export of particulate matter to the open ocean. Application to the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2071-2091

  Ferre B ^a   Durrieu de Madron, X ^a   Estournel, C ^b   Ulses, C ^b   Le Corre, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Mediterranean; Sediment dynamics; Sediment transport; Shelf slope exchanges; Trawling

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; PARTICULATE FLUX; RESUSPENSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TRAWLING;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 50849102989     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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