Impact of macrozoobenthic structures on near-bed sediment fluxes

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 336-347

  Friedrichs, M ^a   Leipe, T ^b   Peine, F ^a   Graf, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos; Boundary layer; Deposition; Erosion; Flow; Flume; Mecklenburg Bight

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLUXES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THEOREM PROVING;

BALTIC SEAS; BED SEDIMENTS; BENTHOS; BIOGENIC STRUCTURES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; COASTAL WATERS; DOPPLER; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD CURRENTS; FINE PARTICLES; FLOW; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW SENSORS; FLUME; GERMANY; GRAIN SIZES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LABORATORY FLUMES; MACROZOOBENTHOS; MECKLENBURG BIGHT; POPULATION DENSITIES; ROUGHNESS DENSITIES; SAND EROSIONS; SCANNING LASERS; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT FLUXES; SEDIMENT SURFACES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELS; SOLITARY STRUCTURES; STEP SIZES; SUSPENDED MATTERS; TEST ARRAYS; UNDER CONSTRUCTIONS; VERTICAL RESOLUTIONS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BENTHOS; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MECKLENBURG BIGHT;

EID: 58249135061     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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