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- Title
Spatial Trends in Marsh Sediment Deposition Within a Microtidal Creek System, Waccasassa Bay, Florida.
- Authors
Wood, Nathan; Hine, Albert C.
- Abstract
Marsh surface deposition, suspended sediment concentrations, tidal hydrodynamics, and marsh surface characteristics were measured within a tidal creek system of a west-central Florida, microtidal, open marine Juncus roemerianus marsh to examine the depositional relationship between a creek system and the surrounding marsh during nonstorm conditions. Results suggest that short-term marsh deposition is highly episodic with deposition showing an inverse relationship with marsh surface inundation. Deposition was greatest at marsh sites adjacent to secondary creek segments over all examined timescales. Variations in hydroperiod, time-velocity asymmetry, vegetation density, and sediment availability could not explain the observed differences in short-term deposition.
- Subjects
GULF Coast (Fla.); FLORIDA; MARSHES; HYDRODYNAMICS; TIDES; WETLANDS monitoring; SUSPENDED sediments; RIVERS; BAYS; SEDIMENT transport; SALT marshes; RIVER sediments
- Publication
Journal of Coastal Research, 2007, Vol 23, Issue 4, p823
- ISSN
0749-0208
- Publication type
Article