Methodologies for measuring and modelling change in coastal saline lagoons under historic and accelerated sea-level rise, Suffolk coast, eastern England

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 693, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-115

  Spencer, Thomas ^a   Brooks, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrier dynamics; Lagoon biology; Reedbeds; Shoreline Management Plans; Shoreline response models; Southern North Sea

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT QUALITY; HISTORICAL RECORD; REEDBED; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; NORTH SEA; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864304306     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1089-x     Document Type: Article

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