Sediment segregation by biodiffusing bivalves

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-391

  Montserrat, F ^a,b   Van Colen, C ^c   Provoost, P ^b   Milla, M ^b   Ponti, M ^d   Van den Meersche, K ^b,c   Ysebaert, T ^b,e   Herman, P M J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bioturbation; cohesive; deposition; ecosystem engineering; erosion; image analysis; intertidal; luminophores; mud; sand; sediment

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; FAUNA; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROBENTHOS; MESOCOSM; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE;

EID: 67649574761     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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