Effects of long-term grazing on sediment deposition and salt-marsh accretion rates

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 133, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-115

  Elschot, Kelly ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^b   Temmerman, Stijn ^c   Bakker, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Global change; Herbivory; Marsh succession; Sea level rise; Sedimentation rate; Surface elevation change

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL ZONE; COMPACTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOW PATTERN; HERBIVORE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WAVE FIELD;

EUROPE;

EID: 84886918855     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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