Tidal exchange between a freshwater tidal marsh and an impacted estuary: the Scheldt estuary, Belgium

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-207

  Van Damme, Stefan ^a   Frank, Dehairs ^b   Micky, Tackx ^c   Olivier, Beauchard ^a   Eric, Struyf ^a   Britta, Gribsholt ^d   Oswald, Van Cleemput ^e   Patrick, Meire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Université de Toulouse   (France)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

mass balance; nutrient cycles; Scheldt estuary; silica; suspended particulate matter; tidal freshwater marsh

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER INPUT; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGENATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SALTMARSH; SEEPAGE; SILICA; SULFATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 70349816702     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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