Conditional outcome of ecosystem engineering: A case study on tussocks of the salt marsh pioneer Spartina anglica

Geomorphology

Volumn 153-154, Issue , 2012, Pages 232-238

  Balke, Thorsten ^a,b   Klaassen, Paul C ^a   Garbutt, Angus ^c   Van der Wal, Daphne ^a   Herman, Peter M J ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphology; Context dependency; Cordgrass; Pioneer zone; Salt marsh; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GRAIN SIZE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; TIDAL FLAT; TOPOGRAPHY; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 84859430676     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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