Effect of Nereis diversicolor density on the erodability of estuarine sediment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 378, Issue , 2009, Pages 135-143

  Widdows, John ^a   Brinsley, Mary D ^a   Pope, Nick D ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Currents; Deposition; Erosion; Nereis diversicolor; Sediment; Tidal cycles

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BURROWING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ERODIBILITY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESUSPENSION; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBIDITY;

NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 63649163622     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07864     Document Type: Article

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