Sedimentation and response to sea-level rise of a restored marsh with reduced tidal exchange: Comparison with a natural tidal marsh

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 115-126

  Vandenbruwaene, W ^a   Maris, T ^a   Cox, T J S ^a,b   Cahoon, D R ^c   Meire, P ^a   Temmerman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled reduced tide (CRT); Natural tidal marsh; Restored tidal marsh; Sea level rise; Vertical marsh development

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE;

BELGIUM; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 79956159127     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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