Using diamond-mined sediment discharges to test the paradigms of sandy-beach ecology

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 165-178

  Pulfrich, Andrea ^a,b   Branch, George M ^b  

^a Pisces Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diamond mining; Grain size; Macrofaunal communities; Sandy beach; Sediment disposal; Shoreline accretion

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIAMOND; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRAIN SIZE; MINING; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; SLOPE;

KARAS; LUDERITZ; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84909998184     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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