Impacts of salt marsh plants on tidal channel initiation and inheritance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 385-400

  Schwarz, C ^a,b   Ye, Q H ^c   Van Der Wal, D ^b   Zhang, L Q ^a   Bouma, T ^b   Ysebaert, T ^b,d   Herman, P M J ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biogeomorphology; ecosystem engineering; salt marsh; Spartina; tidal creek

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MUDFLAT; REMOTE SENSING; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIDAL CHANNEL;

CHINA; WESTERSCHELDE; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84896524125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002900     Document Type: Article

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