Flocculation potential of estuarine particles: The importance of environmental factors and of the spatial and seasonal variability of suspended particulate matter

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 678-693

  Verney, Romaric ^a   Lafite, Robert ^b   Brun Cottan, Jean Claude ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Diatom bloom; Floc structure; Flocculation; Kolmogorov microscale; Seine estuary (France)

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; KINETICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 67349241194     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9160-1     Document Type: Article

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