Foredune vegetation patterns and alongshore environmental gradients: Močembique Beach, Santa Catarina Island, Brazil

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1557-1573

  da Silva, Graziela Miot ^a,b   Hesp, Patrick ^c   Peixoto, Janice ^d   Dillenburg, Sérgio R ^b  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beach surfzone dynamics; Embayment orientation; Foredune vegetation; Southern Brazil

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; LANDFORMS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WIND POWER;

BEACH/SURFZONE DYNAMICS; EMBAYMENT ORIENTATION; FOREDUNE VEGETATION; SOUTHERN BRAZIL;

VEGETATION;

BEACH EROSION; BREAKING WAVE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURF ZONE; VEGETATION COVER; WAVE ENERGY;

BRAZIL; MOCAMBIQUE BEACH; SANTA CATARINA; SANTA CATARINA ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 54749118952     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1633     Document Type: Article

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