Impact of vegetation die-off on spatial flow patterns over a tidal marsh

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Temmerman, Stijn ^a   Moonen, Pieter ^b   Schoelynck, Jonas ^a   Govers, Gerard ^b   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DIES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VELOCITY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SHORE PROTECTION; WETLANDS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

ARTIFICIAL VEGETATION; CHANNEL EDGES; DIE-OFF; FLOW ACCELERATION; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW REDUCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INFILLING; PLANT GROWTH; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SHORELINE EROSION; STORM SURGES; TIDAL MARSHES; TIDAL WETLANDS; WETLAND FUNCTIONS; BIOGEOMORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WETLANDS; FLOOD-PLAINS; SALT MARSHES;

VEGETATION; ESTUARIES;

CHANNEL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EROSION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; FRICTION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE; STORM SURGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND; COASTAL WETLAND; FLOODPLAIN; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84856896774     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050502     Document Type: Article

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