A question of scale: How turbulence around aerial roots shapes the seabed morphology in mangrove forests of the Mekong delta

Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 34-47

  Mullarney, Julia C ^a   Henderson, Stephen M ^b   Norris, Benjamin K ^a   Bryan, Karin R ^a   Fricke, Aaron T ^c   Sandwell, Dean R ^a   Culling, Daniel P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

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EID: 85029580512     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.312     Document Type: Article

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