Quantifying local variation in tidal regime using depth-logging fish tags

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-128

  Mossman, Hannah L ^a   Davy, Anthony J ^a   Grant, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intertidal ecology; Inundation frequency; Mean high water neap (MHWN); Mean high water spring (MHWS); Salt marsh restoration; Tidal regime; UK, East Anglia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; ELEVATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; GPS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAUGE; WATER DEPTH;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84655167607     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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