Erodibility of a mixed mudflat dominated by microphytobenthos and Cerastoderma edule, East Frisian Wadden Sea, Germany

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-206

  Andersen, T J ^a,b   Lanuru, M ^a,c,d   van Bernem, C ^a   Pejrup, M ^b   Riethmueller, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; microphytobenthos; sediment erodibility; tidal flat; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ERODIBILITY; MUDFLAT; PHYTOBENTHOS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 77949275211     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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