Monitoring the effects of disposal of fine sediments from maintenance dredging on suspended particulate matter concentration in the Belgian nearshore area (southern North Sea)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 258-269

  Fettweis, Michael ^a   Baeye, Matthias ^b   Francken, Frederic ^a   Lauwaert, Brigitte ^a   Van den Eynde, Dries ^a   Van Lancker, Vera ^a   Martens, Chantal ^c   Michielsen, Tinne ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Ministry of Public Works and Mobility   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dredged material disposal; Dredging; Fluid mud; Monitoring; SPM concentration; Suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

DISPOSAL SITES; DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FINE SEDIMENTS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; MUD LAYER; NEARSHORES; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; SPM CONCENTRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUB-SAMPLING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TURBIDITY MAXIMA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DREDGES; DREDGING; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDS; MAINTENANCE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

DREDGE SPOIL; DREDGING; MARINE POLLUTION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUID MUD; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH SEA; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; NORTH SEA; WEST FLANDERS; ZEEBRUGGE;

EID: 79751538026     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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