Wave attenuation by two contrasting ecosystem engineering salt marsh macrophytes in the intertidal pioneer zone

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1043-1054

  Ysebaert, Tom ^a,b   Yang, Shi Lun ^c   Zhang, Liquan ^c   He, Qing ^c   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a   Herman, Peter M J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal protection; Scirpus mariqueter; Spartina alterniflora; Tidal wetlands; Yangtze estuary

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; PIONEER SPECIES; SALTMARSH; SEDGE; WATER DEPTH; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE HEIGHT;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

SCIRPUS MARIQUETER; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84863725096     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0240-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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