Formation and erosion of biogeomorphological structures: A model study on the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1297-1309

  Borsje, Bas W ^a,b   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^c   Rabaut, Marijn ^d   Herman, Peter M J ^c,e   Hulscher, Suzanne J M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 84902668878     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1297     Document Type: Article

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