Vertical sediment dynamics in Spartina maritima restored, non-restored and preserved marshes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-35

  Curado, G ^a   Figueroa, E ^a   Castillo, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accretion; Cordgrass; Erosion; Odiel Marshes; Restoration; Sedimentation; Tidal gradient

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCRETION RATE; CORDGRASS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; INTERTIDAL MUDFLATS; MIDDLE POINTS; ODIEL MARSHES; SALT MARSH RESTORATION; SALT MARSHES; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SPARTINA MARITIMA; TIDAL GRADIENT; VERTICAL POSTS;

DYNAMICS; EROSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCRETION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EROSIVITY; GRASS; MARSH; MUDFLAT; PERIODICITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TREE PLANTING;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ODIEL ESTUARY; SPAIN;

SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 84864028640     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.041     Document Type: Article

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