Physical determinants of intertidal communities on dissipative beaches: Implications of sea-level rise

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-278

  Yamanaka, Tsuyuko ^a   Raffaelli, Dave ^a   White, Piran C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beach morphodynamics; estuary; macrofauna; meiofauna; sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BREAKING WAVE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LATITUDE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEIOFAUNA; MORPHODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SLOPE ANGLE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURF ZONE; WAVE ACTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953127124     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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