Particle trapping and retention by Zostera noltii: A flume and field study

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-22

  Wilkie, Lorna ^a,b   O'Hare, Matthew T ^a   Davidson, Irvine ^b   Dudley, Bernard ^a   Paterson, David M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow dynamics; Intertidal seagrass bed; Sediment deposition; Sediment trapping; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FIELDWORK; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LOW FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; RETENTION; SEAGRASS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHOOT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRACER;

SCOTLAND; TAY ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84863225957     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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