A Model for Understanding the Effects of Sediment Dynamics on Oyster Reef Development

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 495-509

  Housego, Rachel M ^a   Rosman, Johanna H ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Model; Oyster reef; Restoration; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARY; FOOD; GRAIN SIZE; REEF; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; SURVIVAL;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84957430525     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-9998-3     Document Type: Article

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