Combined effects of waves and plants on a mud deposition event at a mudflat-saltmarsh edge in the Bahía Blanca estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-212

  Pratolongo, Paula D ^a,b   Perillo, Gerardo M E ^a,b   Piccolo, M Cintia ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bah a Blanca; mudflats; saltmarsh; sediment deposition

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRASS; MUD; MUDFLAT; SALTMARSH; SHEAR STRESS; TIDAL CYCLE; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER FLOW; WAVE ACTION;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 77649235025     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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