Influence of near-bottom re-suspended sediment on benthic light availability

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-101

  Pedersen, Troels Møller ^a   Gallegos, Charles L ^b   Nielsen, Søren Laurentius ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize, Blue Ground Range; Light attenuation; Radiative transfer modeling; Seagrass distribution; Sediment organic content; Turbidity; USA, Maryland, Rhode River, Severn River and Assawoman Bay; USA, North Carolina, Beaufort

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BULK DENSITY; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RESUSPENSION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SOFTWARE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MARYLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861974663     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.04.027     Document Type: Article

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