Wave and tidally driven flows in eelgrass beds and their effect on sediment suspension

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 448, Issue , 2012, Pages 271-287

  Hansen, Jennifer C R ^a   Reidenbach, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Seagrass; Sediment resuspension; Turbulence; Waves; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DEPOSITION; FILTER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT EFFECT; MEADOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEAFLOOR; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84857588475     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09225     Document Type: Article

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