A BENTHIC ANNULAR FLUME FOR IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF SUSPENSION FEEDINGBIODEPOSITION RATES AND EROSION POTENTIAL OF INTERTIDAL COHESIVE SEDIMENTS/

Authors
WIDDOWS J BRINSLEY MD BOWLEY N BARRETT C
Citation
J. Widdows et al., A BENTHIC ANNULAR FLUME FOR IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF SUSPENSION FEEDINGBIODEPOSITION RATES AND EROSION POTENTIAL OF INTERTIDAL COHESIVE SEDIMENTS/, Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 46(1), 1998, pp. 27-38
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Estuarine, coastal and shelf science → ACNP
ISSN journal
02727714
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
27 - 38
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-7714(1998)46:1<27:ABAFFI>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A portable benthic annular flume for the in situ measurement of suspen sion feeding (biodeposition rates) and erosion potential of undisturbe d intertidal cohesive sediments with benthic biota is described. The e xperimental procedures used during deployment are also outlined. Resul ts shoeing the changes in biodeposition rates, sediment resuspension, erosion rates and critical erosion velocities associated with large-sc ale (km) and small-scale (m) spatial differences are presented. Compar ison between laboratory and in situ measurements demonstrated marked d ifferences in sediment erodability if the physical and biological prop erties of the sediment are not maintained. (C) 1998 Academic Press Lim ited.