Suspended sediment projections in Apalachicola Bay in response to altered river flow and sediment loads under climate change and sea level rise

Earth's Future

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 428-439

  Huang, Wenrui ^a,b   Hagen, Scott C ^c   Wang, Dingbao ^d   Hovenga, Paige A ^d   Teng, Fei ^b   Weishampel, John F ^e  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Louisiana State University ^*  (United States)

^d University of Central Florida   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalachicola Bay; climate change; Sea level rise; sediment loads; suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MOLLUSC; RIVER FLOW; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL INLET;

APALACHICOLA BAY; APALACHICOLA RIVER; CAT POINT; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84995701649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000384     Document Type: Article

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