A physically based statistical model of sand abrasion effects on periphyton biomass

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-361

  Luce, James J ^a   Steele, Russell ^a   Lapointe, Michel F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequent disturbance; Periphyton biomass; Sand abrasion; Sand saltation

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BIOMASS; ATLANTIC SALMON; DIMENSIONLESS SCALING; FINE SEDIMENTS; FOOD WEBS; FREQUENT DISTURBANCE; GRAVEL BED; HOPPING MOTIONS; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; MACRO-ALGAE; PERIPHYTONS; PHYSICALLY BASED; REGRESSION MODEL; SAND ABRASION; SAND SALTATION; SAND SUPPLY; SAND TRANSPORT; SAND TRANSPORT RATE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODELS; STREAMBEDS; TRANSPORT RATE;

ABRASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; EROSION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PULSE MODULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

BIOMASS;

ALGA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERIPHYTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM BED;

ALGAE; NOSTOC; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 70549101272     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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