Effects of crab burrows on pore water flows in salt marshes

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-449

  Xin, Pei ^a,b   Jin, Guangqiu ^a   Li, Ling ^b   Barry, D A ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coastal wetland; Numerical modelling; Plant growth; Preferential flow; Richards' equation; Tidal forcing

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER;

COASTAL WETLAND; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PLANT GROWTH; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RICHARDS' EQUATION; TIDAL FORCING;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLAND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROPORE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RICHARDS EQUATION; SALTMARSH; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGMING ISLAND; DONGTAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 61349158514     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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