Is the salt marsh vegetation a determining factor in the sedimentation processes?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 621, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-47

  Silva, H ^a   Dias, J M ^a   Cacador I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Ria de Aveiro; Salt marshes; Sedimentation; Tagus estuary; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACES; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; MAIN FACTORS; MEAN SQUARE VELOCITIES; MEAN VALUES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NYLON FILTERS; RESIDUAL VELOCITIES; RIA DE AVEIRO; SALT MARSHES; SEA LEVEL RISES; SEASONAL TRENDS; SEDIMENTATION PROCESSES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SURFACE COVERAGES; SURFACE COVERS; SUSPENDED MATTERS; TAGUS ESTUARY; TYPE OF SALTS; VEGETATION COVER;

WETLANDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES; SARCOCORNIA; SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 58149242740     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9630-7     Document Type: Article

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