The impact of pre-restoration land-use and disturbance on sediment structure, hydrology and the sediment geochemical environment in restored saltmarshes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 587-588, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-58

  Spencer, Kate L ^a   Carr, Simon J ^a   Diggens, Lucy M ^a   Tempest, James A ^a   Morris, Michelle A ^a   Harvey, Gemma L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De embankment; Drainage; Ecosystem service; Managed realignment; Microtomography; Porosity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIGITAL STORAGE; DRAINAGE; ECOLOGY; EMBANKMENTS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; POROSITY; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS; MANAGED REALIGNMENT; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT STRUCTURES; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALUMINUM; ORGANIC MATTER;

DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE PLANNING; POROSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOODING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MOISTURE; POROSITY; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85028272832     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.032     Document Type: Article

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